Compulsory school-entry vaccination laws and exemptions: Who is opting out in Ontario and why does it matter?

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 37-46

  Mah, Catherine L ^a   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,b   McGeer, Allison ^c   Krahn, Murray ^d   Deber, Raisa B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CANADA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL ETHICS; REVIEW; SCHOOL ADMISSION; VACCINATION;

EID: 79851480250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2010.21781     Document Type: Review

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