Prevalence and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in the 40 to 80 year-old population in Yazd, Iran: The Yazd Eye Study

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-141

  Dehghan, Mohammad H ^a   Katibeh, Marzieh ^a,b   Ahmadieh, Hamid ^a   Nourinia, Ramin ^a   Yaseri, Mehdi ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Prevention of Blindness Center   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84920019798     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12205     Document Type: Article

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