Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiology > branches of epidemiology > pharmacoepidemiology
social science subjects > health and social care > global health > drugs and drug companies > pharmacoepidemiology
... > other subjects > natural sciences > life sciences > biological sciences > pharmacology > pharmacoepidemiology
... > social science subjects > health and social care > global health > drugs and drug companies > pharmacology > pharmacoepidemiology
social science subjects > health and social care > health occupations > pharmacology > pharmacoepidemiology

Preferred term

pharmacoepidemiology  

Definition

  • Pharmacoepidemiology is the study of the utilization and effects of drugs in large numbers of people, and is usually considered in the context of drug safety. As the name implies, it may also be thought of as the application of epidemiology to the field of clinical pharmacology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Pharmacoepidemiology]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/pharmacoepidemiology

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD