Prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in a population of people with diabetes

Eye

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 640-643

  Prasad, Somdutt ^a   Kamath, Girish G ^a   Jones, Karen ^b   Clearkin, Louis G ^a   Phillips, Russell P ^a  

^a Wirral Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Wirral Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Diabetic retinopathy; Prevalence; Visually impaired persons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0034748329     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2001.200     Document Type: Article

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