Public mistrust: The unrecognized risk of the CDC smallpox vaccination program

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages W22-W25

  Sankar, Pamela ^a   Schairer, Cynthia ^a   Coffin, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLPOX; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

BIOTERRORISM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLPOX; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 16644377518     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651603322614742     Document Type: Article

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