Essential tools for assessing influenza vaccine efficacy in improperly conducted studies: A Japanese perspective

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 50, 2008, Pages 6455-6458

  Hirota, Yoshio ^a   Fukushima, Wakaba ^a   Fujieda, Megumi ^a   Ohfuji, Satoko ^a   Maeda, Akiko ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case definition; Confounding; Efficacy; Influenza vaccine; Misclassification

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VIRUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 55749085867     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.06.041     Document Type: Article

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