Deaths after Fluad flu vaccine and the epidemic of panic in Italy

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Signorelli, Carlo ^a   Odone, Anna ^a   Conversano, Michele ^a   Bonanni, Paolo ^a  

^a Italian Society of Hygiene   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VACCINE;

DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; PANIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REACTION; AGED; DRUG RECALL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORTALITY; SUDDEN DEATH; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; SAFETY-BASED DRUG WITHDRAWALS; VACCINES;

EID: 84921329883     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h116     Document Type: Letter

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