Nonmedical exemptions to immunization requirements in California: A 16-year longitudinal analysis of trends and associated community factors

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 3009-3013

  Richards, Jennifer L ^a   Wagenaar, Bradley H ^b   Van Otterloo, Joshua ^a   Gondalia, Rahul ^a   Atwell, Jessica E ^c   Kleinbaum, David G ^a   Salmon, Daniel A ^c   Omer, Saad B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exemption; Immunization; School mandate; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; KINDERGARTEN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84879018578     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.053     Document Type: Article

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