Prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in a rural population of South India

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 356-361

  Tanuja, A ^a   Guruprasad, B S ^a   Prashanth, K ^a   Prasad, Indranath ^a  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Risk factors; Rural population; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953237377     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: 19983832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13410-014-0276-x     Document Type: Article

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