Mobile digital fundus screening of type 2 diabetes patients in the Finnish county of South-Ostrobothnia

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 68-72

  Lemmetty, Riku ^a   Mäkelä, Kari ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; FINLAND; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASES; FINLAND; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 65649098435     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2008.080804     Document Type: Article

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