Side Effects of Vaccination: A Consumer's Guide to Cause and Effect

Abstract

Credit This lesson is good for 0.2 CE units, with a passing grade of 70%. Objectives 1. To describe historical examples of adverse events truly and spuriously associated with vaccination. 2. To describe a rational basis for deciding whether adverse events are causally or coincidentally linked to a medication. 3. To demonstrate how to apply this rational basis to a variety of exposure—outcome associations.