Does patient blood glucose monitoring improve diabetes control?: A systematic review of the literature

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 991-1011

  McAndrew, Lisa ^a   Schneider, Stephen H ^b   Burns, Edith ^c   Leventhal, Howard ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SELF CARE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; SELF CARE;

EID: 36248937684     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721707309807     Document Type: Article

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