Childhood vaccination requirements: Lessons from history, Mississippi, and a path forward

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 5884-5887

  Cawkwell, Philip B ^a   Oshinsky, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization; Medical history; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COURT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; MISSISSIPPI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION;

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MISSISSIPPI; VACCINATION;

EID: 84944097425     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.087     Document Type: Article

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