Childhood vaccine exemption policy: The case for a less restrictive alternative

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Opel, Douglas J ^a,b   Kronman, Matthew P ^b   Diekema, Douglas S ^a,b,c   Marcuse, Edgar K ^b   Duchin, Jeffrey S ^d,e,f   Kodish, Eric ^g  

^a Seattle Children's Research Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; CHILD; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEASLES VACCINE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84962601053     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-4230     Document Type: Note

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