'Extreme duplication' in the US FDA adverse events reporting system database

Drug Safety

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 551-554

  Hauben, Manfred ^a,b,c,d   Reich, Lester ^a   DeMicco, James ^a   Kim, Katherine ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; AORTA DISSECTION; CONSUMER; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34249896410     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200730060-00009     Document Type: Letter

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