Accessibility of blood glucose monitoring systems for blind and visually impaired people

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-448

  Uslan, Mark M ^a   Eghtesadi, Khosrow ^b   Burton, Darren ^a  

^a American Foundation for the Blind   (United States)

^b Tech For All Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; VIDEOTAPE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOICE;

BLINDNESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING MATERIALS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0038727271     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152091503765691947     Document Type: Article

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