Visual acuity in a population with regular screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus and eye disease

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-45

  Olafsdottir, Eydis ^a,b   Andersson, Dan K ^c,d   Stefánsson, Einar ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blindness; Screening; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SWEDEN; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; VISION SCREENING; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33846451757     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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