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

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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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614.47

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:488592
Date	January 2008
Creators	Leach, Allan Robert
Publisher	University of Sussex
Source Sets	Ethos UK
Detected Language	English
Type	Electronic Thesis or Dissertation