Ethnic variation in the prevalence of visual impairment in people attending diabetic retinopathy screening in the United Kingdom (DRIVE UK)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Sivaprasad, Sobha ^a   Gupta, Bhaskar ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^b   Dodhia, Hiten ^c   Mann, Samantha ^d   Nagi, Dinesh ^e   Evans, Jennifer ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Lambeth NHS Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK BRITISH; CARRIBEAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH ASIAN; SOUTH ASWIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84863009094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039608     Document Type: Article

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