Choosing not to immunize: are parents making informed decisions?
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Family Practice
- Vol. 18 (2) , 181-188
- https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/18.2.181
Abstract
Background. Childhood immunization is an important aspect of childhood preventive health, world wide, with programmes such as the Expanded Programme on Immunization organized by the World Health Organization. Unlike other countries, the immunization programme is not compulsory in the UK, and the decision whether to immunize a child or not is parental.Keywords
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