Gender and racial disparities in adherence to statin therapy: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Am Heart J on March 26, 2013

Authors

Jennifer Lewey1, William H Shrank, Ashna D K Bowry, Elaine Kilabuk, Troyen A Brennan, Niteesh K Choudhry

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02120, USA.

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