Medication taking behaviors in the high- and low-functioning elderly: MacArthur field studies of successful aging.

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Published in Ann Pharmacother on April 01, 1995

Authors

S M Wallsten1, R J Sullivan, J T Hanlon, D G Blazer, M J Tyrey, R Westlund

Author Affiliations

1: School of Nursing, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

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