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Origins of the Immunization Safety Review Project
Pages 20-21

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... This legislation mandated the establishment of He National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) , a national passive surveillance system The legislation also provided for the development of vaccine-information statements for parents of children receiving immun~a
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... The legislation also called for IOM to review evidence regarding possible adverse consequences of childhood immunizations. Three expert committees convened by IOM produced the reports Adverse Effects Following Pertussis and Rubella Vaccines (IOM, 1991a)
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