Use of Logistic Regression to Combine Two Causality Criteria for Signal Detection in Vaccine Spontaneous Report Data

Drug Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1047-1057

  Van Holle, Lionel ^a   Bauchau, Vincent ^a  

^a GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MYALGIA; PROBABILITY; PRURITUS; SIGNAL DETECTION; VACCINATION; VOMITING; ALGORITHM; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EVALUATION STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VACCINES;

EID: 84912140929     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 11791942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40264-014-0237-9     Document Type: Article

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