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Retinal photography for diabetic retinopathy screening in Indigenous primary health care: the Inala experience

  1. Geoffrey K. P. Spurling1,
  2. Deborah A. Askew1,
  3. Noel E. Hayman2,
  4. Naomi Hansar3,
  5. Anna M. Cooney4,
  6. Claire L. Jackson5

Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00549.x

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volume 34, Issue Supplement s1, pages S30–S33, July 2010

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Spurling, G. K. P., Askew, D. A., Hayman, N. E., Hansar, N., Cooney, A. M. and Jackson, C. L. (2010), Retinal photography for diabetic retinopathy screening in Indigenous primary health care: the Inala experience. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34: S30–S33. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00549.x

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  1. 1

    Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland and Inala Indigenous Health Service, Queensland

  2. 2

    School of Medicine, University of Queensland, and Inala Indigenous Health Service, Queensland

  3. 3

    Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland

  4. 4

    Inala Indigenous Health Service, Queensland

  5. 5

    Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland

*Correspondence to: Geoffrey Spurling, Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland, Level 8, Health Sciences Building, Building 16/ 910, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Herston, Queesland 4029. Fax: (07) 3365 5130; e-mail: g.spurling@uq.edu.au

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 JUL 2010
  2. Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010
  3. Submitted: January 2010 Revision requested: April 2010 Accepted: May 2010

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