Adherence to (compliance with) drug treatment is important. However, only about half the people who leave a doctor's office with a prescription take the drug as directed. Among the many reasons people give for not adhering to drug treatment, forgetfulness is the most common.
Definition of periodical. 1  1 : periodic 1. 2  2a : published with a fixed interval between the issues or numbersb : published in, characteristic of, or connected with a periodical.
Periodical Databases consist of records. Each record describes one specific article. It gives you information about and/or from periodical articles: Citation Although the database may not contain the full-text of the article, the citation includes all the pieces of information you will need to find the article.