Therapy Compliance by Ambulatory Asthma Patients: An Empirical Comparison of Compliance Rates in Different Operationalisation of Drug Compliance
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عنوان ژورنال: Pneumologie
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0934-8387,1438-8790
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-12991