Challenges of self-monitoring of blood glucose in Caribbean type-2 diabetes patients

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 178-180

  Ezenwaka, Chidum ^a   Onuoha, Philip ^a   Olukoga, Abiodun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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EID: 84886694459     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: 19983832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13410-013-0117-3     Document Type: Letter

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