Using time-to-onset for detecting safety signals in spontaneous reports of adverse events following immunization: A proof of concept study

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 603-610

  Van Holle, Lionel ^a   Zeinoun, Ziad ^a   Bauchau, Vincent ^a   Verstraeten, Thomas ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^b P95 ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disproportionality; Pharmacovigilance; Signal detection; Time to onset; Vaccine safety

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV STATISTIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME TO ONSET;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VACCINES, INACTIVATED;

EID: 84862177953     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3226     Document Type: Article

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