What do we know about the risk and harm associated with insulin?

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 284, Issue 7591, 2010, Pages 217-

  Cousins, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN DETEMIR; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN GLULISINE; INSULIN LISPRO;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EVENING DOSAGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; MORNING DOSAGE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 77956220804     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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