Vaccines and Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction

by Charlotte Moser, Paul A. Offit, Charlotte A. Moser

Book Overview

Paul A. Offit and Charlotte A. Moser answer questions about the science and safety of modern vaccines. In straightforward prose, they explain how vaccines work, how they are made, and how they are tested. Most important, they separate the real risks of vaccines from feared but unfounded risks.

Offit and Moser address parental fears that children may receive too many vaccines too early, that the HPV vaccine may cause chronic fatigue or other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231153074
• ISBN13: 9780231153072
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher