TY - BOOK AU - Strom,Brian L. AU - Kimmel,Stephen E. TI - Textbook of pharmacoepidemiology SN - 0470029242 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - RM302.5 .T49 2006 U1 - 615.7042 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, England, Hoboken, NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Pharmacoepidemiology KW - Textbooks KW - methods KW - Drug Evaluation KW - Drug Monitoring KW - Drug Therapy KW - Treatment Outcome N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is pharmacoepidemiology? -- Study designs available for pharmacoepidemiology studies -- Sample size considerations for pharmacoepidemiology studies -- Basic principles of clinical pharmacology relevant to pharmacoepidemiology studies -- When should one perform pharmacoepidemiology studies? -- Views from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies -- Spontaneous reporting in the United States -- Global drug surveillance : the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring -- Case-control surveillance -- Prescription-event monitoring -- Overview of automated databases in pharmacoepidemiology -- Examples of automated databases -- Other approaches to pharmacoepidemiology studies -- How should one perform pharmacoepidemiology studies? choosing among the available alternatives -- Validity of pharmacoepidemiologic drug and diagnosis data --; Bias and confounding in pharmacoepidemiology -- Determining causation from case reports -- Molecular pharmacoepidemiology -- Bioethical issues in pharmacoepidemiologic research -- The use of randomized controlled trials for pharmacoepidemiology studies -- The use of pharmacoepidemiology to study beneficial drug effects -- Pharmacoeconomics : economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals -- Using quality-of-life measurements in pharmacoepidemiologic research -- The use of meta-analysis in pharmacoepidemiology -- Patient adherence to prescribed drug dosing regimens in ambulatory pharmacotherapy -- Novel approaches to pharmacoepidemiology study design and statistical analysis -- Special applications of pharmacoepidemiology -- The future of pharmacoepidemiolgy UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006017302.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2006017302-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2006017302-d.html ER -