Prevalence of medication therapy adherence in the elderly and related factors.

Rev Bras Enferm

Universidade Federal do Pampa, Curso de Enfermagem, Uruguaiana RS , Brazil, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Curso de Enfermagem. Uruguaiana-RS, Brasil., Universidade Federal do Pampa.

Published: October 2017

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