Definition of Pharmacoepidemiology

1. Noun. The study of the use and effects of drugs in large numbers of people. ¹

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Medical Definition of Pharmacoepidemiology

1. The science concerned with the benefit and risk of drugs used in populations and the analysis of the outcomes of drug therapies. Pharmacoepidemiologic data come from both clinical trials and epidemiological studies with emphasis on methods for the detection and evaluation of drug-related adverse effects, assessment of risk vs benefit ratios in drug therapy, patterns of drug utilization, the cost-effectiveness of specific drugs, methodology of postmarketing surveillance, and the relation between pharmacoepidemiology and the formulation and interpretation of regulatory guidelines. (pharmacoepidemiol drug saf 1992;1(1); j pharmacoepidemiol 1990;1(1)) (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharmacoepidemiology

pharmaco-
pharmacochemical
pharmacochemist
pharmacochemistry
pharmacochemists
pharmacodiagnosis
pharmacodynamic
pharmacodynamics
pharmacoeconomic
pharmacoeconomics
pharmacoeconomist
pharmacoeconomists
pharmacoendocrinology
pharmacoenvironmentology
pharmacoepidemiological
pharmacoepidemiology
pharmacogenetic
pharmacogeneticist
pharmacogeneticists
pharmacogenetics
pharmacogenomic
pharmacogenomics
pharmacognosies
pharmacognosis
pharmacognosist
pharmacognosists
pharmacognostic
pharmacognosy
pharmacography
pharmacokinetic

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