An efficient statistical algorithm for a temporal scan statistic applied to vaccine safety analyses

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 3986-3991

  McClure, D L ^a   Xu, S ^a   Weintraub, E ^b   Glanz, J M ^a,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

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

^c Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Surveillance; Temporal scan; Vaccine safety

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL SCAN STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOSTATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINES;

EID: 84861483649     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.04.040     Document Type: Article

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