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A Comparison of Medication Adherence Indices to Assess Long-Term Inhaled Corticosteroid Medication Use

Rajesh Balkrishnan Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.; Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, U.S.A.
, Ph.D. &
Dale B. Christensen Division of Pharmaceutical Policy and Evaluative Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
, Ph.D.
Pages 91-98 | Published online: 02 May 2001

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