Can Nursing Interventions increase adherence medication regimen?

Health Science Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Kalogianni, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

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EID: 84855449680     PISSN: 11087366     EISSN: 1791809X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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