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Review
. 2004 Jul 3;329(7456):44-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7456.44.

Detection, verification, and quantification of adverse drug reactions

Bruno H Ch Stricker  1 , Bruce M Psaty
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Detection, verification, and quantification of adverse drug reactions

Bruno H Ch Stricker et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

The current system of verifying and quantifying adverse reactions to new drugs is too disparate. Epidemiological studies for testing a hypothesis have a part to play in protecting the public from the harmful effects of new drugs

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