Quality assessment of blood glucose testing in general practitioners' offices improves quality

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1926-1931

  Stahl, Marta ^a   Brandslund, Ivan ^a   Iversen, Steffen ^b   Filtenborg, Jens Anton ^c  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Fredericia Sygehus   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030760482     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.10.1926     Document Type: Article

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