Awareness of diabetic eye disease among general practitioners and diabetic patients in Yangon, Myanmar

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-273

  Muecke, James S ^a,c   Newland, Henry S ^a   Ryan, Philip ^a   Ramsay, Emmae ^a   Aung, Mya ^b   Myint, San ^b   Esmail Zadeh, Ramin ^a   Zborowska, Bogna ^a   Selva, Dinesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Diabetic retinopathy; Myanmar; Public health; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDUCATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE DISEASES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42449116600     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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