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Vaccines : what everyone needs to know / Kristen A. Feemster.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xviii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190277901 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0190277904 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780190277918 (paperback : alk. paper)
  • 0190277912 (paperback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.4/7 23
LOC classification:
  • RA638 .F44 2018
Other classification:
  • HEA046000
Summary: "Vaccines are one of the most important public health achievements of our time. But now as many vaccine preventable diseases are no longer perceived an imminent threat, vaccines are both lauded and feared, amplified by rapid-fire dissemination of conflicting messages. This book will follow the story of vaccines in the past, present and future to disentangle fact from fiction and underscore their important role in our society"-- Provided by publisher.

"Vaccines are one of the most important public health achievements of our time. But now as many vaccine preventable diseases are no longer perceived an imminent threat, vaccines are both lauded and feared, amplified by rapid-fire dissemination of conflicting messages. This book will follow the story of vaccines in the past, present and future to disentangle fact from fiction and underscore their important role in our society"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174) and index.

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