Importance of attributable risk in monitoring adverse events after immunization: hepatitis B vaccination in children | Zendy

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Importance of attributable risk in monitoring adverse events after immunization: hepatitis B vaccination in children

Author(s) -

Gaston De Serres,

Bernard Duval,

Nicole Boulianne,

Marie Rochette,

Marc Dionne,

Monique Douville Fradet,

Raymond Massé

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.2.313

Subject(s) - medicine , immunization , incidence (geometry) , adverse effect , vaccination , hepatitis b vaccine , hepatitis b , cohort study , hepatitis a vaccine , cohort , pediatrics , hepatitis a , environmental health , immunology , hepatitis , hepatitis b virus , hbsag , antibody , virus , physics , optics

Most vaccine safety data present only the postvaccination incidence of all adverse events rather than an estimate of attributable risk. This study sought to illustrate the difference between the 2 estimates with data from a hepatitis B immunization program.

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