Diabetes eye screening in the Wellington region of New Zealand: Characteristics of the enrolled population (2002-2005)

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1270, 2008, Pages 21-34

  Frederikson, Lesley G ^a   Jacobs, Robert J ^b  

^a New Zealand Association of Optometrists   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 42149175071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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