The Importance of Pharmacovigilance - Safety Monitoring of Medicinal Products

World Health Organization 2002

WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring

WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

The Importance of Pharmacovigilance. (Safety monitoring of medicinal products)

1. Drug monitoring
2. Pharmaceutical preparations - adverse effects
3. Adverse drug reaction reporting
4. Product surveillance, Postmarketing
5. Legislation, Drug I.Series

ISBN 92 4 159015 7 (NLM classification: QV 38)

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