Self-monitoring of blood glucose in Type2 diabetes: Cross-sectional analyses in 1993, 1999 and 2009

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 792-795

  Evans, J M M ^a   Mackison, D ^a   Emslie Smith, A ^b   Lawton, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b The Mill Practice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SELF MONITORING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEST STRIP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; REAGENT STRIPS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84861127009     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03567.x     Document Type: Article

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