Vaccination policies and rates of exemption from immunization, 2005-2011

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1170-1171

  Omer, Saad B ^a   Richards, Jennifer L ^a   Ward, Michelle ^a   Bednarczyk, Robert A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION;

EID: 84866409561     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1209037     Document Type: Letter

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1. Vaccination coverage and surveillance: annual school assessment reports. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011 (http://www.cdc.gov/ vaccines/stats-surv/schoolsurv/assessment-reports.htm).
2. Rota JS, Salmon DA, Rodewald LE, Chen RT, Hibbs BF, Gangarosa EJ. Processes for obtaining nonmedical exemptions to state immunization laws. Am J Public Health 2001;91:645-8.
3. Omer SB, Pan WK, Halsey NA, et al. Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements: secular trends and association of state policies with pertussis incidence. JAMA 2006;296:1757-63.