Legislative prescriptions for controlling nonmedical vaccine exemptions

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 247-248

  Yang, Y Tony ^a   Silverman, Ross D ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORALITY; NONMEDICAL VACCINE EXEMPTION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PRESCRIPTION; RELIGION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REACTION; CHILD; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SCHOOL; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

VACCINE;

CHILD; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SCHOOLS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84921523921     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.16286     Document Type: Short Survey

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