The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies

by Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice and Institute of Medicine

Vaccines are among the most safe and effective public health interventions to prevent serious disease and death. Because of the success of vaccines, most Americans today have no firsthand experience with such devastating illnesses as polio or diphtheria. Health care providers who vaccinate young children follow a schedule prepared by the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Under the current schedule, children younger than six may receive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309267021
• ISBN13: 9780309267021
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"