Medication adherence in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Older is wiser

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-183

  Park, Denise C ^a   Hertzog, Christopher ^b   Leventhal, Howard ^c   Morrell, Roger W ^d   Leventhal, Elaine ^e   Birchmore, Daniel ^f   Martin, Mike ^g   Bennett, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Vanderbilt University ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Medication; Memory; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEMORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0032960815     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb04575.x     Document Type: Article

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