Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in an Aboriginal Australian population: Results from the Katherine Region Diabetic Retinopathy Study (KRDRS). Report no. I

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-39

  Jaross, Nandor ^a   Ryan, Philip ^a   Newland, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australians; Diabetes; KRDRS; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037298213     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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