Textbook of pharmacoepidemiology
By: editors, Brian L. Strom and Stephen E. Kimmel.
Contributors: Strom, Brian L.; Kimmel, Stephen E.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Wiley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780470029244; 9780470029251
Subjects: Pharmacoepidemiology -- Textbooks.; Pharmacoepidemiology -- methods.; Drug Evaluation.; Drug Monitoring.; Drug Therapy.; Treatment Outcome.; Pharmacoepidemiology.
Genres: Textbooks.
Other titles: Pharmacoepidemiology.
Notes: "This textbook is the abridged version of Pharmacoepidemiology fourth edition"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is pharmacoepidemiology?; title: Study designs available for pharmacoepidemiology studies; title: Sample size considerations for pharmacoepidemiology studies; title: Basic principles of clinical pharmacology relevant to pharmacoepidemiology studies; title: When should one perform pharmacoepidemiology studies?; title: Views from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies; title: Spontaneous reporting in the United States; title: Global drug surveillance : the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring; title: Case-control surveillance; title: Prescription-event monitoring; title: Overview of automated databases in pharmacoepidemiology; title: Examples of automated databases; title: Other approaches to pharmacoepidemiology studies; title: How should one perform pharmacoepidemiology studies? choosing among the available alternatives; title: Validity of pharmacoepidemiologic drug and diagnosis data; title: Bias and confounding in pharmacoepidemiology; title: Determining causation from case reports; title: Molecular pharmacoepidemiology; title: Bioethical issues in pharmacoepidemiologic research; title: The use of randomized controlled trials for pharmacoepidemiology studies; title: The use of pharmacoepidemiology to study beneficial drug effects; title: Pharmacoeconomics : economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals; title: Using quality-of-life measurements in pharmacoepidemiologic research; title: The use of meta-analysis in pharmacoepidemiology; title: Patient adherence to prescribed drug dosing regimens in ambulatory pharmacotherapy; title: Novel approaches to pharmacoepidemiology study design and statistical analysis; title: Special applications of pharmacoepidemiology; title: The future of pharmacoepidemiolgy.