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Rates of Spontaneous Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions in France

Bernard Bégaud, MD, PhD; Karin Martin, PharmD, MPH; Françoise Haramburu, MD, MPH; Nicholas Moore, MD, PhD
JAMA. 2002;288(13):1588. doi:10.1001/jama.288.13.1585.
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To the Editor: Spontaneous reporting remains the most used and efficient method of identifying new adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the postmarketing phase.1 We assessed the magnitude of underreporting for serious ADRs in France by using data from 3 field pharmacoepidemiological studies.

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