Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations and Immune Dysfunction

by Kathleen R. Stratton and Gregg A. Lewis

By two years of age, healthy infants in the United States can receive up to 20 vaccinations to protect against 11 diseases. Although most people know that vaccines effectively protect against serious infectious diseases, approximately one-quarter of parents in a recent survey believe that infants get more vaccines than are good for them, and that too many immunizations could overwhelm an infant's immune system. The Immunization Safety Review Committee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309083281
• ISBN13: 9780309083287
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"