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Term: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2011-05-05
Definition:
A national vaccine safety surveillance program in the United States of America that collects information about undesirable events that occur following vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are co-sponsors of VAERS.
See the
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
website for more information.
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- Hilderman T, Katz A, Derksen S, McGowan K, Chateau D, Kurbis C, Allison S, Reimer JN. Manitoba Immunization Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2011. [Report] [Summary] (View)
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