Trends and Characteristics of Proposed and Enacted State Legislation on Childhood Vaccination Exemption, 2011–2017.
Objectives. To examine trends and characteristics of proposed and enacted state legislation that would directly affect states' immunization exemption laws. Methods. We performed content analysis of proposed bills in state legislatures from 2011 to 2017. We classified bills as provaccination or antiv...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 109; no. 1; pp. 102 - 108 |
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American Public Health Association
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