Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information
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Author
Young, Matthew
Dubeau, C.
Corazza, Ornella
Attention
2299/16258
Abstract
To determine the feasibility and utility of using media reports and other open-source information collected by the Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN), an event-based surveillance system operated by the Public Health Agency of Canada, to rapidly detect clusters of adverse drug events associated with ‘novel psychoactive substances’ (NPS) at the international level