Controversies in Vaccine Mandates

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 38-58

  Lantos, John D ^a   Jackson, Mary Anne ^b   Opel, Douglas J ^c   Marcuse, Edgar K ^d   Myers, Angela L ^e   Connelly, Beverly L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

APPLICATION SITE REACTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD SAFETY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SPECIFICITY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTONIC HYPORESPONSIVE EPISODE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUMPS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANDEMIC; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEIZURE; SMALLPOX; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ACTIVE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949319159     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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