Propensity score methods in drug safety studies: Practice, strengths and limitations

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 341-344

  Wang, Jixian ^a   Donnan, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034753062     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.656     Document Type: Article

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