Other Databases in Europe for the Analytic Evaluation of Drug Effects

Pharmacovigilance: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 361-373

  Sturkenboom, Miriam C J M ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b International Pharmacoepidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Databases in Europe; Dutch community pharmacy system; General Practice Research Database (GPRD) of United Kingdom; Italian National Health Service (NHS); Netherlands for PHARMO Record Linkage System and Integrated Primary Care Information (IPCI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 61749086324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470059210.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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