Shifting vaccination politics-the end of personal-belief exemptions in California

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 785-787

  Mello, Michelle M ^a   Studdert, David M ^a   Parmet, Wendy E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; CHILD; CIVIL RIGHTS; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SCHOOL;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CIVIL RIGHTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84940528950     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1508701     Document Type: Article

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