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Vaccinations: What Parents Need to Know


Author

Kathleen Meister, M.S.

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

Summary

This 24-page report, from the American Council of Science and Health (ACSH), is based on a document written for ACSH by Dr. David R. Smith (President of the Texas Tech Medical Center). It seeks to summarise evidence on both the benefits and the potential risks of vaccines with an emphasis on the vaccines used in routine childhood immunisation. The report also seeks to address some of the common myths about vaccines and discusses some vaccine safety issues.

Click here for the introduction.

Publisher

Number of Pages

24

Contact

American Council of Science and Health (ACSH)

1995 Broadway, 2nd floor

New York, NY, 10023-5860, USA

Tel: (212) 362-7044

Fax: (212) 362-4919

acsh@acsh.org

ACSH website

Source


Placed on the Communication Initiative site May 11 2005
Last Updated May 11 2005



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