Lancing: Quo vadis?

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 966-981

  Heinemann, Lutz ^a,b   Boecker, Dirk ^c  

^a PROFIL Institut für Stoffwechselforschung   (Germany)

^b Profil Institute for Clinical Research Inc   (United States)

^c Toto Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger pricking; Insulin therapy; Lancing; Pain; Self monitoring of blood glucose

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84855379558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681100500420     Document Type: Review

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