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Conis, Elena,

Vaccine nation : America's changing relationship with immunization / Elena Conis. - 353 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780226923765 0226923762

Standard No.: 40024181751

Source: Univ of Chicago Pr, Attn: John Kessler 11030 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628, (773)5681550 SAN 202-5280

LCCN: 2014009846

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB4B2979 bnb

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vaccination--History--United States--20th century.
Vaccination--history.
History, 20th Century.
Mass Vaccination--legislation & jurisprudence.
Child.
Government Regulation.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
MEDICAL--Immunology.
Vaccination.
Impfung
Kontroverse

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
United States.
USA

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: RA638 / .C66 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 614.4/70973

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2014 M-689 QW 11 AA1