Standardize FAERS Quarterly Data for Preferred Term and drug names

Source: R/standardize.R

Standardize FAERS Quarterly Data for Preferred Term and drug names

faers_standardize(object, ...)

# S4 method for class 'FAERSascii'
faers_standardize(object, meddra_path, add_smq = FALSE)

Arguments

object

A FAERSascii object.

...

Other arguments passed to specific methods.

meddra_path

A string, define the path of MedDRA directory.

add_smq

A bool, indicates whether Standardised MedDRA Queries (SMQ) should be added. If TRUE, "smq_content.asc", and "smq_list.asc" must exist.

Value

A FAERSascii object.

See also

MedDRA

Examples

#' # you must change `dir`, as the files included in the package are sampled
data <- faers(c(2004, 2017), c("q1", "q2"),
    dir = system.file("extdata", package = "faers"),
    compress_dir = tempdir()
)
#> Finding 2 files already downloaded: aers_ascii_2004q1.zip and
#> faers_ascii_2017q2.zip
#> → Combining all 2 <FAERS> Datas
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# you should replace `meddra_path` with yours
data <- faers_standardize(data, meddra_path)
} # }