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extractFAERS (version 0.1.4)

Extract Data from FAERS Database

Description

Provides functions to extract and process data from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). It facilitates the conversion of raw FAERS data published after 2014Q3 into structured formats for analysis. See Yang et al. (2022) for related information.

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install.packages('extractFAERS')

Monthly Downloads

156

Version

0.1.4

License

Apache License (>= 2)

Maintainer

Renjun Yang

Last Published

June 24th, 2025

Functions in extractFAERS (0.1.4)

extract1PSFAERS

Extract reports with only one drug used from FAERS data
timetodayFAERS

Change all time units to days in the data filtered by filter_by_occu_FAERS(). This function converts age and time units in the data to days, and processes occupation and reaction data.
filterbyoccpFAERS

Filter extracted FAERS data by reporter occupation