Immunization site pain: Case definition and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 4558-4577

  Gidudu, Jane F ^a   Walco, Gary A ^b   Taddio, Anna ^c   Zempsky, William T ^d   Halperin, Scott A ^e   Calugar, Angela ^a   Gibbs, Neville A ^f   Hennig, Renald ^g   Jovancevic, Milivoj ^h   Netterlid, Eva ⁱ   O'Connor, Terri ^j   Oleske, James M ^k   Varricchio, Frederick ^f   Tsai, Theodore F ^l   Seifert, Harry ^m   Schuind, Anne E ^m  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Canadian Center for Vaccinology Dalhousie University Halifax   (Canada)

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

^g Pharmacovigilance Services   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

ⁱ Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control   (Sweden)

^j Bureau of Community Health Systems I Northcentral District Pennsylvania   (United States)

^k RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l Novartis Vaccines Cambridge   (United States)

^m GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adverse event; Case definition; Guidelines; Immunization; Immunization site pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862016707     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.03.085     Document Type: Article

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