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Author Link, Kurt, 1937-

Title The vaccine controversy : the history, use, and safety of vaccinations / Kurt Link.

Imprint Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, c2005.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  614.47 L648v 2005    ---  Available
Description xii, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The immune system and surviving infection -- Vaccine history and types -- Disasters and near misses -- The current controversy: in perspective -- Smallpox vaccine -- Chicken pox vaccine -- Diphtheria vaccine -- Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine -- Tetanus vaccine -- Measles vaccine -- Mumps vaccine -- Rubella vaccine -- Polio vaccine -- Flu vaccine -- H. flu (hib) vaccine -- Pneumococcus vaccine -- Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) vaccine -- Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccine -- BCG: the hunt for a TB vaccine -- Anthrax vaccine -- Special vaccines for travelers, health care workers, and military personnel -- Japanese encephalitis vaccine -- Rabies vaccine -- Vaccines of the future -- HIV vaccines.
Subject Vaccination.
Vaccination -- History.
Vaccination -- Complications.
Vaccines -- Health aspects.
Vaccines -- Safety measures.
Vaccines -- adverse effects.
Vaccination -- adverse effects.
Vaccination -- trends.
Vaccines -- immunology.
ISBN 0275984729 (alk. paper)
Standard No. NLM 101240740
YDXCP 2165041

 
    
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