Vaccine criticism on the Internet: Propositions for future research

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1924-1929

  Ward, Jeremy K ^a,b,c,d   Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a,b,c   Verger, Pierre ^a,b,c,e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d Bât Condorcet   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

antivaccine; controversies; internet; social movement; vaccine criticism

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL MEDIA; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84964040269     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1146430     Document Type: Note

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