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A model-based meta-analysis of the influence of factors that impact adherence to medications

P Assawasuwannakit1, R Braund, S B Duffull

  • 1School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
|October 21, 2014
PubMed
Abstract

Keywords:
adherenceagediseasemedication event monitoring systemmodel-based meta-analysisnonlinear mixed effects modelling

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