A method for selecting and monitoring medication sales for surveillance of gastroenteritisy

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1009-1018

  Pelat, Camille ^a,b   Boëlle, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Turbelin, Clément ^a,b   Lambert, Bruno ^c   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable disease control; Disease outbreaks; Pharmacoepidemiology; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79251493339     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1965     Document Type: Article

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