Brief-interval telephone surveys of medication adherence and asthma symptoms in the Childhood Asthma Management Program Continuation Study
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Adherence with Preventive Medication in Childhood Asthma
Suboptimal adherence with preventive medication is common and often unrecognised as a cause of poor asthma control. A number of risk factors for nonadherence have emerged from well-conducted studies. Unfortunately, patient report a physician's estimation of adherence and knowledge of these risk factors may not assist in determining whether non-adherence is a significant factor. Electronic monit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1081-1206
DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)60314-6