Quality assurance of self-monitoring of blood glucose at the general practitioner's office

Point of Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 100-104

  Kristensen, Gunn B B ^a,b   Nerhus, Kari ^b   Skeie, Svein ^b,c   Sandberg, Sverre ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Quality control; Self monitoring blood glucose; User error

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748561479     PISSN: 1533029X     EISSN: 15330303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.poc.0000232576.13891.9a     Document Type: Article

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