Trends in yield and effects of screening intervals during 17 years of a large UK community-based diabetic retinopathy screening programme

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1040-1047

  Misra, A ^a   Bachmann, M O ^b   Greenwood, R H ^a   Jenkins, C ^a   Shaw, A ^c   Barakat, O ^d   Flatman, M ^a   Jones, C D ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Bunny Hill Primary Care Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Maculopathy; Risk; Screening; Yield

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349494098     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02820.x     Document Type: Article

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