The North Jutland County Diabetic Retinopathy Study: Population characteristics

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1404-1409

  Knudsen, L L ^a   Lervang, H H ^a   Lundbye Christensen, S ^b   Gorst Rasmussen, A ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33750710436     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.093393     Document Type: Article

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