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Comment
. 2018 Jul;12(4):890-891.
doi: 10.1177/1932296818761972. Epub 2018 Mar 16.

In Response to Carter and Heinemann: Insulin Concentration in Vials Randomly Purchased in Pharmacies in the United States: Considerable Loss in the Cold Supply Chain

Matthew P Petersen  1 , Irl B Hirsch  2 , Jay S Skyler  3 , Richard E Ostlund  4 , William T Cefalu  1
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Comment

In Response to Carter and Heinemann: Insulin Concentration in Vials Randomly Purchased in Pharmacies in the United States: Considerable Loss in the Cold Supply Chain

Matthew P Petersen et al. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2018 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: cold-supply chain; diabetes; insulin; pharmacy.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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