Principles of nonexperimental assessment of excess risk, with special reference to adverse drug reactions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 325-331

  Miettinen, Olli S ^a,b   Jaime Caro, J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Nonexperimental studies; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024523989     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(89)90037-1     Document Type: Article

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