The influence of the public understanding of science in maintaining herd immunity against childhood illnesses in England and its role as predictor for the uptake of inoculation against infections for which vaccines are not currently available
My research shows that the relative level of risk attributed by parents to vaccines is likely to be the defining factor in the uptake of inoculation against childhood infections such as diphtheria and polio and thus in maintaining herd immunity.
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University of Sussex
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488592 |