A signal detection method for temporal variation of adverse effect with vaccine adverse event reporting system data

A signal detection method for temporal variation of adverse effect with vaccine adverse event reporting system data

Abstract Background To identify safety signals by manual review of individual report in large surveillance databases is time consuming; such an approach is very unlikely to reveal complex relationships between medications and adverse events. Since the late 1990s, efforts have been made to develop da...

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Main Authors: Yi Cai, Jingcheng Du, Jing Huang, Susan S. Ellenberg, Sean Hennessy, Cui Tao, Yong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Heterogeneity testing
Signal detection
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-017-0472-y

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