Ontology-based time information representation of vaccine adverse events in VAERS for temporal analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The U.S. FDA/CDC Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) provides a valuable data source for post-vaccination adverse event analyses. The structured data in the system has been widely used, but the information in the write-up...

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Main Authors: Tao Cui, He Yongqun, Yang Hannah, Poland Gregory A, Chute Christopher G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Semantics
Online Access:http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/13