Improving the quality of self-monitoring blood glucose measurement: A study in reducing calibration errors

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-357

  Baum, John M ^a   Monhaut, Nanette M ^b   Parker, Donald R ^a   Price, Christopher P ^c  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^b is an assistant professor of nursing at Bethel College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33748414940     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2006.8.347     Document Type: Article

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