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

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a research grant from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. The Nursing staff of Lifestyle Disease Clinics in all the Regional Health Authorities assisted professionally while the Office of the Diabetes Association of Trinidad and Tobago assisted with important research information and meeting logistics.

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  1. The Diabetes & Metabolism Research Group (DMRG), Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago

    Chidum Ezenwaka, Philip Onuoha & Abiodun Olukoga

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Ezenwaka, C., Onuoha, P. & Olukoga, A. Challenges of self-monitoring of blood glucose in Caribbean type-2 diabetes patients. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries 33, 178–180 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-013-0117-3

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