Language barrier and its relationship to diabetes and diabetic retinopathy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zheng, Yingfeng ^a,b   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,c   Chiang, Pei Chia Peggy ^a   Anuar, Ainur Rahman ^a,d   Ding, Jie ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^c,e   Mitchell, Paul ^e   Tai, E Shyong ^g   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c,f  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian indians; Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; English proficiency; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84866095581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-781     Document Type: Article

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