Correctable visual impairment among people with diabetes in Hong Kong

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 453-457

  Fung, Mavis M Y ^a   Yap, Maurice K H ^a   Cheng, Karen K Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cataract; Diabetic mellitus; Hong Kong; Refractive errors; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049423683     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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