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Category: Volume 06 Issue 03 March 2018
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Title: Ecopharmacovigilance

Authors: Dr Deepak Bhosale, Dr Sameer Khan, Dr Abhijeet Bhagat, Faheem Ashraf, Dr Huzaif

 DOI:  https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i3.140

Abstract

In this article we have presented some ideas on what Ecopharmacovigilance (EPV) might mean in practice, together with what challenges and opportunities it poses in today’s scenario implementing EPV procedures.

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Corresponding Author

Dr Sameer Khan

Resident Department of Pharmacology