Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 184-188 , May 2010

The incorporation of family physicians in the assessment of diabetic retinopathy by non-mydriatic fundus camera

  • Pedro Romero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Sant Joan, Reus, Spain
    • Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Sant Joan, C/Sant Joan s/n, Reus 43201, Tarragona, Spain. Tel.: +34 977310300x5308; fax: +34 977323754.
    • ,
  • Ramon Sagarra

      Affiliations

    • Basic Care Unit of Reus-Priorat, Unit of Non-mydriatic Fundus Camera, Spain
    • ,
  • Jeroni Ferrer

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Division, Sanitary Region, Camp de Tarragona, Spain
    • ,
  • Juan Fernández-Ballart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Basic Sciences, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
    • ,
  • Marc Baget

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Sant Joan, Reus, Spain
    • Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Received 8 April 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.02.001

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 184-188 , May 2010

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