Implementation of automated signal generation in pharmacovigilance using a knowledge-based approach

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 74, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 563-571

  Bousquet, Cédric ^a,b   Henegar, Corneliu ^a   Louët, Agnès Lillo Le ^b   Degoulet, Patrice ^a   Jaulent, Marie Christine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction reporting systems; Automatic data processing; Description logic; Knowledge representation (computer); Ontological modeling; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRUG THERAPY; INFERENCE ENGINES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS (ADR); MEDICAL DICTIONARY OF REGULAR ACTIVITIES (MEDDRA); PHARMACOVIGILANCE;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; MACHINE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAXONOMY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DICTIONARIES, MEDICAL; FRANCE; SOFTWARE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 22544439665     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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