Improving the quality of eye care with tele-ophthalmology: Shared-care glaucoma screening

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 331-336

  De Mul, Marleen ^a   De Bont, Antoinette A ^a   Reus, Nicolaas J ^b   Lemij, Hans G ^b   Berg, Marc ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EYE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OPTOMETRY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 11444256368     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1357633042602107     Document Type: Article

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