Public health problems and the rapid estimation of the size of the population at risk. Torsades de pointes and the use of terfenadine and astemizole in The Netherlands.

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Published in Pharm World Sci on October 15, 1993

Authors

R M Herings1, B H Stricker, H G Leufkens, A Bakker, F Sturmans, J Urquhart

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

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