| Description |
353 pages ; 24 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-337) and index. |
| Contents |
Kennedy's Vaccination Assistance Act -- Polio, measles, and the "dirty disease gang" -- How serious is mumps? -- Carter's Childhood Immunization Initiative -- A mother's responsibility -- Tampering with nature -- Clinton's Vaccines for Children Program -- Sex, drugs, and hepatitis B -- Vaccine risks and the new media -- Sex, girls, and HPV -- Appendix: The science and regulation of vaccines.. |
| Summary |
While vaccination rates have soared and cases of preventable infections have plummeted, an increasingly vocal cross section of Americans have questioned the safety and necessity of vaccines. In Vaccine Nation, Elena Conis explores this complicated history and its consequences for personal and public health. |
| Subject |
Vaccination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Vaccination -- history -- United States. |
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Child -- United States. |
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Government Regulation -- United States. |
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice -- United States. |
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History, 20th Century -- United States. |
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Mass Vaccination -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780226923765 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0226923762 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9780226923772 (e-book) |
| Standard No. |
40024181751 |
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