Should we do battle with antivaccination activists?

Public Health Research and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Leask, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HUMAN; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; VACCINES;

EID: 84993661479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22042091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17061/phrp2521515     Document Type: Review

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