Increases in whole blood glucose measurements using optically based self-monitoring of blood glucose analyzers due to extreme Canadian winters

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 661-667

  Cembrowski, George C ^a   Smith, Barbara ^a   O'Malley, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Environmental effects; Humidity; Whole blood glucose monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CANADA; CLIMATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CANADA; CLIMATE; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77953035510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229680900300407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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