Editor-in-Chief Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu Vice Editors Levent Kabasakal Esra Tatar Online ISSN 2630-6344 Publisher Marmara University Frequency Bimonthly (Six issues / year) Abbreviation J.Res.Pharm. Former Name Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 1995 , Vol 11 , Issue 1 - 2
Pharmacoepidemiology-position and development in Bulgaria
Z.D.Dimitrova,K.N. Samev,S.I. Radonova,M.C. Stefanova
The adverse drug effects (ADE) are one very important social, medical and economic problem. The need of qualitative and quantitative assessment of the unexpected drug effects has led to the establishment of one new discipline - pharmacoepidimiology. It studies the usage of drugs in big population of people and their effects (beneficial and adverse).

In this paper is illustrated the need of pharmacoepidemological studies in our country through a discussion of some recent research of drug side effects in three hospitals in Sofia. Keywords : Adverse drug effect, drug injury, ethiological factors :age, sex and etc

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