Prevalence and associations of diabetic retinopathy in indigenous Australians within central Australia: The Central Australian Ocular Health Study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-397

  Landers, John ^a   Henderson, Tim ^b   Abhary, Sotoodeh ^a   Craig, Jamie ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australians; Diabetic retinopathy; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SLIT LAMP; VISION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77954632100     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02256.x     Document Type: Article

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