Physician concerns about vaccine adverse effects and potential litigation

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-19

  Zimmerman, Richard Kent ^a,b,c   Schlesselman, James J ^a   Mieczkowski, Tammy A ^a   Medsger, Anne R ^b   Raymund, Mahlon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; LAW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031886658     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.1.12     Document Type: Article

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