A simple informative intervention in primary care increases statin adherence.

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Published in Eur J Clin Pharmacol on November 12, 2015

Authors

Manuela Casula1, Elena Tragni2, Rossana Piccinelli3, Antonella Zambon4, Luisa De Fendi3, Lorenza Scotti4, Giovanni Corrao4, Marco Gambera3, Alberico Luigi Catapano2,5, Alessandro Filippi6

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemiology and Preventive Pharmacology Centre (SEFAP), Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133, Milan, Italy. sefap@unimi.it.
2: Epidemiology and Preventive Pharmacology Centre (SEFAP), Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133, Milan, Italy.
3: Local Pharmaceutical Service, LHU of Bergamo, via Gallicciolli 4, 24121, Bergamo, Italy.
4: Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, Division of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126, Milan, Italy.
5: IRCCS MultiMedica, via Milanese 300, 20099 Sesto S. Giovanni, Milan, Italy.
6: Italian Society of General Medicine (SIMG), Via del Pignoncino 9-11, 50142, Florence, Italy.

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