Motives for reporting adverse drug reactions by patient-reporters in the Netherlands

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1143-1150

  Van Hunsel, Florence ^a,b   Van Der Welle, Christine ^c   Passier, Anneke ^a   Van Puijenbroek, Eugène ^a   Van Grootheest, Kees ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS PHARMACOVIGILANCE CENTRE LAREB   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs); Consumer reporting; Patient reporting; Pharmacovigilance; Web based questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; ATTITUDE; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 78649316137     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-010-0865-7     Document Type: Article

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