Inoculating communities against vaccine scare stories

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 564-565

  Crowcroft, Natasha Sarah ^a,b   McKenzie, Kwame Julius ^c,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

COMMUNITY; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; MEASLES; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUBELLA; SMALLPOX; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC OPINION; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84879800460     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70131-2     Document Type: Letter

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