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Design considerations, architecture, and use of the Mini-Sentinel distributed data system
Article first published online: 19 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2336
Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Supplement: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel Program
Volume 21, Issue Supplement S1, pages 23–31, January 2012
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Curtis, L. H., Weiner, M. G., Boudreau, D. M., Cooper, W. O., Daniel, G. W., Nair, V. P., Raebel, M. A., Beaulieu, N. U., Rosofsky, R., Woodworth, T. S. and Brown, J. S. (2012), Design considerations, architecture, and use of the Mini-Sentinel distributed data system. Pharmacoepidem. Drug Safe., 21: 23–31. doi: 10.1002/pds.2336
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 JAN 2012
- Article first published online: 19 JAN 2012
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