Ethics and childhood vaccination policy in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 273-278

  Hendrix, Kristin S ^a   Sturm, Lynne A ^a   Zimet, Gregory D ^a   Meslin, Eric M ^b  

^a Children's Health Services Research   (United States)

^b Indiana University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84955558544     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302952     Document Type: Review

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