The epidemiology of fatalities reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System 1990-1997

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 279-285

  Silvers, Linda E ^a,c   Ellenberg, Susan S ^b   Wise, Robert P ^c   Varricchio, Frederick E ^c   Mootrey, Gina T ^b   Salive, Marcel E ^b  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaths; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Immunization; Reporting rates; Reports; SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome); Vaccination; Vaccine safety surveillance; VAERS (Vaccine Event Reporting System)

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 0034759224     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.619     Document Type: Article

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