The implications of therapeutic complexity on adherence to cardiovascular medications.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on May 09, 2011

Authors

Niteesh K Choudhry1, Michael A Fischer, Jerry Avorn, Joshua N Liberman, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Juliana Pakes, Troyen A Brennan, William H Shrank

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02120, USA. nchoudhry@partners.org

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