Developing a screening program to detect sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy in South India

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1831-1835

  Namperumalsamy, Perumalsamy ^b   Nirmalan, Praveen K ^a   Ramasamy, Kim ^b  

^a ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0043171080     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.6.1831     Document Type: Article

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