A review of standards and statistics used to describe blood glucose monitor performance

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-83

  Krouwer, Jan S ^a   Cembrowski, George S ^b  

^a Krouwer Consulting   (United States)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Error grid; Glucose specification; ISO 15197; Mountain plot; Total error

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951733801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681000400110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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