[Clinical pharmacology in primary health care: a necessary challenge].
1996
M R Cabello Porras, and
G Tognoni, and
M I Lucena González, and
F Sánchez de la Cuesta
Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Universitario, Málaga.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D010601
Pharmacology, Clinical
The branch of pharmacology that deals directly with the effectiveness and safety of drugs in humans.
Clinical Pharmacology
D005194
Family Practice
A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.
Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D017891
Pharmacoepidemiology
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))