Internet-based reporting to the vaccine adverse event reporting system: A more timely and complete way for providers to support vaccine safety

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Haber, Penina ^a   Iskander, John ^a   Walton, Kimp ^b   Campbell, Scott R ^a   Kohl, Katrin S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic reporting; Vaccine adverse event; Vaccine safety

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SMALLPOX; TETANUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955516834     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1722G     Document Type: Article

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