Public health and the politics of school immunization requirements

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 778-783

  Salmon, Daniel A ^a   Sapsin, Jason W ^a   Teret, Stephen ^a   Jacobs, Richard F ^b   Thompson, Joseph W ^b   Ryan, Kevin ^b   Halsey, Neal A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ARKANSAS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844388840     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.046193     Document Type: Review

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