The safety of injecting insulin through clothing

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 244-247

  Fleming, Doris R ^a,c   Jacober, Scott J ^a   Vandenberg, Melissa A ^a   Fitzgerald, James T ^b   Grunberger, George ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Diabetes Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031030352     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.3.244     Document Type: Article

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