Fear, misinformation, and innumerates: How the Wakefield paper, the press, and advocacy groups damaged the public health

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2361-2362

  Poland, Gregory A ^a   Spier, Ray ^b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TRIPLE VACCINE; VACCINE;

AUTISM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IMMUNIZATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VACCINATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77449105301     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.052     Document Type: Editorial

References (3)

1. Wakefield A.J., Murch S.H., Anthony A., et al. Iieal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children. Lancet 351 637 (1998) 641
2. Poland G.A. Pharmacology, vaccinomics, and the 2nd golden age of vaccinology. Clin Pharmacol Ther 82 6 (2007) 623-626
3. Poland G.A., Ovsyannikova I.G., Jacobson R.M., and Smith D.I. Heterogeneity in vaccine immune response: the role of immunogenetics and the emerging field of vaccinomics. Clin Pharmacol Ther 82 6 (2007) 653-664