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Author Conis, Elena, author.

Title Vaccine nation : America's changing relationship with immunization / Elena Conis.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
©2015

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  614.47 CON    Check Shelf
Edition Paperback edition.
Description 353 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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 -- Conclusion -- 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.
Vaccination. (OCoLC)fst01163544
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 022637839X
9780226378398
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