Integration of paper-based microfluidic devices with commercial electrochemical readersElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: fabrication of EµPADs, measurement of analytes in EµPADs using glucometers, assays, electrochemical behavior of EµPADs, and performance of two-layer EµPADs. See DOI: 10.1039/c0lc00237b

The combination of simple Electrochemical Micro-Paper-based Analytical Devices (EµPADs) with commercially available glucometers allows rapid, quantitative electrochemical analysis of a number of compounds relevant to human health (e.g., glucose, cholesterol, lactate, and alcohol) in blood or urine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]