Report on the 1st international workshop on procedures for the development of evidence-based vaccination recommendations, Berlin, Germany, 22-23 November 2010

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2399-2404

  Matysiak Klose, Dorothea ^a   Ahmed, Faruque ^b   Duclos, Philippe ^c   Falck Ytter, Yngve ^d   Forland, Frode ^e   Houweling, Hans ^f   Kramarz, Piotr ^e   Langley, Joanne M ^g   Mertens, Thomas ^h   Schünemann, Holger ⁱ   Senouci, Kamel ^j   Temte, Jonathan ^k   Wichmann, Ole ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^f Health Council of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Immunisation recommendation; Methodology; Public health; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNOGENICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VACCINATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; WORKSHOP;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84858285370     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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