'Clustering of exemptions' as a collective action threat to herd immunity

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 1048-1051

  May, Thomas ^a   Silverman, Ross D ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering of exemptions; Herd immunity; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; HERD; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP;

CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; MEASLES; MINORITY GROUPS; NETHERLANDS; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037424104     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00627-8     Document Type: Article

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