Adherence to long-term therapies: Recent WHO report provides some answers but poses even more questions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-3

  Schroeder, Knut ^a   Fahey, Tom ^b   Ebrahim, Shah ^a   Peters, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASTHMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1342324131     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.07.002     Document Type: Note

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