Incidence of diabetic retinopathy in a Hong Kong Chinese population

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 563-567

  Song, Haiyan ^a,b   Liu, Longqian ^b   Sum, Rita ^a   Fung, Mavis ^a   Yap, Maurice Kh ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hong Kong; Incidence; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054943737     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2011.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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