Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness and diabetic retinopathy in Taif, Saudi Arabia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1168-1172

  Al Ghamdi, Abdul Hamid ^a   Rabiu, Mansur ^b   Hajar, Saad ^c   Yorston, David ^d   Kuper, Hannah ^e   Polack, Sarah ^e  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR SEGMENT DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ASSESSMENT OF AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS; REFRACTION ERROR; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84866099632     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301874     Document Type: Article

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