The clinician's guide to the anti-vaccinationists' galaxy

Human Immunology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 859-866

  Poland, Gregory A ^a   Jacobson, Robert M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84864059048     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.03.014     Document Type: Review

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