title: Awareness of diabetic retinopathy is the key step for early prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this disease in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Endocrine Diseases in Liaoning Province, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Endocrine Diseases in Liaoning Province, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: carol1422@163.com.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001364:Awareness; D002681:China; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population