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MeSH Heading: Pharmacoepidemiology
Tree Number(s): H01.158.703.045; H02.403.720.500.650; H02.628.413
Unique ID: D017891
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017891
Scope Note: 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))
Entry Version: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOL
Entry Term(s): Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceutical Epidemiology
NLM Classification #: QV 771
Previous Indexing: Epidemiologic Methods (1985-1993); Epidemiology (1984-1993); Pharmacology (1984-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/02/16
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

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Concept UI: M0027034
Scope Note: 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))
Terms: Pharmacoepidemiology Preferred Term
Term UI T053486
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Pharmaceutical Epidemiology
Term UI T053484
Date12/07/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical
Term UI T053485
Date11/23/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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