An assessment of the coverage of a district-wide diabetic retinopathy screening service

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 840-841

  Buch, H N ^a,b   Barton, D M ^a   Varughese, G I ^a   Bradbury, S ^a   Scarpello, J H B ^a   Walker, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING; SOCIAL STATUS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENGLAND; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 21744449606     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01519.x     Document Type: Article

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