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The State of the Antivaccine Movement in the United States: A Focused Examination of Nonmedical Exemptions in States and Counties

Overview
Journal PLoS Med
Specialty General Medicine
Date 2018 Jun 13
PMID 29894470
Citations 90
Authors
Jacqueline K Olive
Peter J Hotez
Ashish Damania
Melissa S Nolan
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Abstract

In a Policy Forum, Peter Hotez and colleagues discuss vaccination exemptions in US states and possible consequences for infectious disease outbreaks.

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