A crisis of public confidence in vaccines

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 61, 2010, Pages

  Black, Steven ^a   Rappuoli, Rino ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SMALLPOX; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WORKSHOP; ARTICLE; ITALY; ORGANIZATION; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; ITALY; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 78650203225     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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