Trends in kindergarten rates of vaccine exemption and state-level policy, 2011-2016

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Omer, Saad B ^a,b,c   Porter, Rachael M ^a   Allen, Kristen ^a   Salmon, Daniel A ^d   Bednarczyk, Robert A ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Vaccination; Vaccine exemption; Vaccine hesitancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

EID: 85044432493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx244     Document Type: Article

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