Diabetic retinopathy and the major causes of vision loss in Aboriginals from remote Western Australia

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-482

  Clark, Antony ^a,b,c   Morgan, William H ^a,c,d,e   Kain, Sam ^e   Farah, Hussein ^f   Armstrong, Kiele ^f   Preen, David ^b,c   Semmens, James B ^a,c   Yu, Dao Yi ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Eye and Vision Epidemiology Research Group   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Population Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australian; Blindness; Diabetic retinopathy; Epidemiology; Low vision

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LOW VISION; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77958087619     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02278.x     Document Type: Article

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