Making mandatory vaccination truly compulsory: Well intentioned but ill conceived

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 872-873

  Salmon, Daniel A ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^b   Omer, Saad B ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEASLES; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84937682059     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00156-5     Document Type: Note

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