Textbook of Pharmacoepidemiology

<p>Pharmacoepidemiology originally arose from the union of the fields of clinical pharmacology and epidemiology. Pharmacoepidemiology studies the use of and the effects of medical products in large numbers of people&nbsp;and applies the methods of epidemiology to the content area of clinical pharmacology. This field represents the science underlying&nbsp;studies of the effects of medical products (such as&nbsp;drugs, biologicals,&nbsp;and&nbsp;devices)&nbsp;in real world use.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Strom&rsquo;s&nbsp;<i>Textbook of&nbsp;Pharmacoepidemiology</i>&nbsp;meets&nbsp;the&nbsp;increasing need for people to be trained in the field.&nbsp;Designed to meet the need of students, this textbook offers&nbsp;an approach that focuses on the core of the discipline, providing a focused educational resource for students.&nbsp;The book is designed for&nbsp;students at all levels: upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and others who are learning the field.&nbsp;Case examples&nbsp;feature in&nbsp;most chapters,&nbsp;and&nbsp;all chapters include&nbsp;key points&nbsp;and a&nbsp;list of further reading.&nbsp;</p> <p>Fully revised and updated throughout,&nbsp;<i>Textbook of&nbsp;Pharmacoepidemiology, 3rd&nbsp;edition</i>&nbsp;is&nbsp;a useful introduction and resource for&nbsp;students of pharmacoepidemiology, both those enrolled in formal classes and those learning in &ldquo;the real world,&rdquo; who will respond to the challenges that they encounter.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>