A Tale of two states: Mississippi, West Virginia, and exemptions to compulsory school vaccination laws

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 348-355

  Colgrove, James ^a   Lowin, Abigail ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHRISTIAN; COURT; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; MEASLES; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SCHOOL; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; CHILD; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MISSISSIPPI; PARENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; WEST VIRGINIA;

CHILD; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MISSISSIPPI; PARENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SCHOOLS; STATE GOVERNMENT; VACCINATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84958633700     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1172     Document Type: Article

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