Lack of awareness amongst community patients with diabetes and diabetic retinopathy: The Singapore Malay Eye study

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1048-1055

  Huang, Olivia S ^a,b   Tay, Wan Ting ^b   Tai, E Shyong ^c,d   Wang, Jie Jin ^e,f   Saw, Seang Mei ^g   Jeganathan, V Swetha E ^b,e   Sandar, Mya ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^b,e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Epidemiology; Ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGAPORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 76149134353     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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