A novel, low-cost method of enrolling infants at risk for retinopathy of prematurity in centers with no screening program: The REDROP study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 317-321

  Vinekar, Anand ^a   Avadhani, Kavitha ^a   Dogra, Mangat ^b   Sharma, Praveen ^a   Gilbert, Clare ^c   Braganza, Sherine ^a   Shetty, Bhujang ^a  

^a Narayana Health City   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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

Author keywords

Low cost; Middle income; REDROP; Retinopathy of prematurity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 84866353157     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.698358     Document Type: Article

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