Vein depth and diameter as predictive indicators of visibility and palpability during venipuncture in healthy volunteers

• Miharu Matsumoto ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  ^* matsumoto.miharu.953@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9439-2855

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• Ayami Tateishi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Graduate school of Medical sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8955-2600

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• Hiromitsu Kobayashi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University, Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Nobuko Hashiguchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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