Evaluation of the state-of-the-art in informatics in glucometers

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-179

  Ajai, Oluseun ^a   Tiwari, Ashutosh ^a   Alcock, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advice; Diabetes; Glucometers; Informatics

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD GLUCOMETER; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA EXTRACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ONLINE SYSTEM; WEB BROWSER;

BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 69249088562     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538150903102554     Document Type: Article

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