Litigation, regulation, and education - Protecting the public's health through childhood immunization

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2500-2501

  Silverman, Ross D ^a,b  

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

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; THIOMERSAL; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

AUTISM; CHILD CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; MEASLES; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUMPS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPENSATION; EXPERT WITNESS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; STATE GOVERNMENT; THIMEROSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 67149115403     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0901598     Document Type: Article

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