Who is unlikely to report adverse events after vaccinations to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)?

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2673-2679

  McNeil, Michael M ^a   Li, Rongxia ^a   Pickering, Susanne ^a   Real, Theresa M ^a   Smith, Philip J ^b   Pemberton, Michael R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare providers survey; Surveillance; Vaccine adverse events

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION REACTION; VACCINE ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878373569     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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