Vaccine refusal, mandatory immunization, and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1981-1988

  Omer, Saad B ^a,b,c   Salmon, Daniel A ^c,d   Orenstein, Walter A ^b   DeHart, M Patricia ^e   Halsey, Neal ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEASLES; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SMALLPOX; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

CHILD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 65649085535     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa0806477     Document Type: Article

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