Use of mobile screening unit for diabetic retinopathy in rural and urban areas.

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Published in BMJ on January 16, 1993

Authors

G P Leese1, S Ahmed, R W Newton, R T Jung, A Ellingford, P Baines, S Roxburgh, J Coleiro

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee.

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