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- VigiBase: background, structure and uses
(A presentation of the WHO global individual case safety report (ICSR) database giving basic background information (December 2008).) (180 Kb) For more information on the WHO database, please see the following paper: Lindquist M. Vigibase, the WHO Global ICSR Database System: Basic Facts. Drug Information Journal, 2008, 42:409-419.
- How Vigibase gets updated - feature from Uppsala Reports 40 with diagrams (pdf, 2008)
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