Assessment of the pain of blood-sugar testing: A randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9182, 1999, Pages 921-922

  Loveland, Mark E ^a   Carley, Simon D ^a   Cranfield, Nicola ^a   Hillier, Valerie F ^b   Mackway Jones, Kevin ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINGER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; THUMB; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0033546899     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02902-5     Document Type: Article

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