Is risk of diabetic retinopathy lower in Australia's Greek-born migrants?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 660-665

  Brazionis, L ^a,b   Rowley, K ^a   Itsiopoulos, C ^a,c   O'Dea, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Diabetic retinopathy; Ethnicity; Greek migrant; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77952718230     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03005.x     Document Type: Article

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