Assessing Medication Adherence Simultaneously by Electronic Monitoring and Pill Count in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Hypertension
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0895-7061,1941-7225
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.207