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Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27 , April 2010

Should capillary blood glucose measurements be used in population surveys?

R. Tirimacco
- Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network SA, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
- Corresponding author. Address: iCCnet SA, Level 3B (Mail Box 28), Mark Oliphant Building, Laffer Drive, Bedford Park SA 5042, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 8201 7842, +61 412 749 418 (mobile); fax: +61 8 8201 7850.
P.A. Tideman
- Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network SA, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
- Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
J. Dunbar
- Greater Green Triangle, University Department of Rural Health, Flinders University and Deakin University, Warrnambool, Australia
P.A. Simpson
- Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network SA, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
B. Philpot
- Greater Green Triangle, University Department of Rural Health, Flinders University and Deakin University, Warrnambool, Australia
T. Laatikainen
- Greater Green Triangle, University Department of Rural Health, Flinders University and Deakin University, Warrnambool, Australia
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
E. Janus
- Greater Green Triangle, University Department of Rural Health, Flinders University and Deakin University, Warrnambool, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Received 1 September 2009 ,Revised 27 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 December 2009.

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