How study of geographie epidemiology of disease can help in detection of adverse drug reactions

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Abstract
The geographie epidemiology of adverse drug reaetions ean often help in their recognition and in pinpointing the responsible drug. Sinee different eountries often introduee new drugs at varying periods of time and they aehieve varying degrees of popularity and use, this information may sometimes aid the epidemiologist in the seareh for the etiology of unwanted drug effeets. Some examples where geography helped unravel the story behind eertain adverse drug reaetions are presented.