The media's role in vaccine misinformation

Vaccinophobia and Vaccine Controversies of the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 383-398

  Dees, Paola ^a   Berman, David M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7438-8_21     Document Type: Chapter

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