Alfred Russel Wallace and the antivaccination movement in Victorian England

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 664-668

  Weber, Thomas P ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELECTION, GENETIC; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 77950631326     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1604.090434     Document Type: Review

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