Network analysis of possible anaphylaxis cases reported to the US vaccine adverse event reporting system after H1N1 influenza vaccine

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 169, Issue , 2011, Pages 564-568

  Botsis, Taxiarchis ^a,b   Ball, Robert ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

H1N1; Network Analysis; Spontaneous Reporting System; VAERS

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ADVERSE EVENTS; H1N1; INFLUENZA VACCINES; KEY ELEMENTS; MEDICAL PRODUCTS; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; REPORTING SYSTEMS; VAERS;

VACCINES;

EID: 83055161783     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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