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Editorial
. 2011 May;10(3):337-40.
doi: 10.1517/14740338.2011.562187. Epub 2011 Mar 15.

Use of the self-controlled case series method in drug safety assessment

Anthony Grosso, Ian Douglas, Raymond MacAllister, Irene Petersen, Liam Smeeth, Aroon D Hingorani
Editorial

Use of the self-controlled case series method in drug safety assessment

Anthony Grosso et al. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2011 May.
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Pictorial representation of a self-controlled case series method where age-adjusted incidence rate ratios of the outcome of interest are derived using Conditional Poisson Regression by comparing defined intervals during the exposure period relative to all other observed time [baseline period] for each person.
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