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Relationship between medication adherence and blood pressure in primary care: prospective study

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  1. Department of Community Based Medicine, Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    K Schroeder, T Fahey, A D Hay, A Montgomery & T J Peters

  2. Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

    T Fahey

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Funding: Medical Research Council (as part of an MRC Training Fellowship for KS).

Ethical approval: Ethical approval was granted by the Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee.

Conflict of interest: None. All investigators were independent of the funding body.

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Schroeder, K., Fahey, T., Hay, A. et al. Relationship between medication adherence and blood pressure in primary care: prospective study. J Hum Hypertens 20, 625–627 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1002011

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