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Pharmacoepidemiology has become an important tool for identifying patterns of drug use and adverse drug reactions in the general population. Drug data bases derived from population‐based samples have been particularly useful in addressing questions such as adherence to national guidelines for the treatment of chronic diseases. As part of the Pawtucket Heart Health Program, a continuing community‐based research and demonstration project, detailed information regarding the use of drugs among the general population of two southeastern New England cities was collected using cross‐sectional and longitudinal methodologies.
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