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

Dieses Lehrbuch, ein wegweisender Klassiker, bietet in der 6. Auflage noch mehr Inhalte fur Leser, die aktuelle Informationen zur Pharmakoepidemiologie benoetigen. Die vorliegende Auflage wurde vollstandig uberarbeitet und aktualisiert. Sie bietet einen UEberblick uber samtliche Facetten des Fachgebiets, aus Sicht von Lehre und Forschung, aus Sicht der Industrie und von Regulierungsbehoerden. Datenquellen, Anwendungen und Methodiken werden verstandlich erlautert.

In recent years the public has clearly become markedly more interested in assuring the safety and effectiveness of its medicines. It is also critical that available medicines are used optimally, by both health care practitioners and patients. We need to know the extent to which an intervention does what it is really intended to do, under routine circumstances rather than ideal conditions, for those who receive it. Appropriate and valid pharmacoepidemiology methods are central to evaluating the safety and effectiveness of medicines and their use. This textbook is the abridged version of Brian Strom's Pharmacoepidemiology Fourth Edition, and presents the essential material for such evaluations.

It provides methods, details of potential data sources, and information about evaluating the results and drawing conclusions. The layout and easy to read style will provide an accessible introduction to pharmacoepidemiology as well as a reference source for academics, public health practitioners, regulatory agencies, the pharmaceutical industry and the law.