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Pharmacy
1) The science and practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs. 2) A store where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold.
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face validity
Health care; Pharmacy
An interview or survey that has questions on it that look related to the purpose.
cardioembolic stroke
Health care; Pharmacy
An ischemic stroke thought to be caused by an embolism arising from the heart. Cardioembolic stroke can be assumed in patients with significant cardiovascular disease including atrial fibrillation, ...
censored observation
Health care; Pharmacy
An observation whose value is unknown, generally because the subject has not been in the study long enough for the outcome of interest, such as death, to occur.
case-control study
Health care; Pharmacy
An observational study of persons with the disease of interest (cases) and a suitable control group of persons without the disease to establish the extent of association between exposure(s) of ...
cohort study
Health care; Pharmacy
An observational study that begins with a set of subjects who have a risk factor (or have been exposed to an agent) and a second set of subjects who do not have the risk factor or exposure. Both ...
birth cohort effect
Health care; Pharmacy
An unusual age-specific rate (either incidence or mortality) within cross-sectional data that reflects the shared experience of persons born in specific years (birth cohort).
