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Vaccines & Immunizations

Vaccines and Preventable Diseases:

Measles Resources

Journal Article

Salmon DA, Haber M, Chen RT. (1999). Health consequences of religious and philosophical exemptions from immunization laws-individual and societal risks of measles. JAMA, 282(1), 47-53.

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Books and Pamphlets

  • Offit PA and Bell LM. (1999). Vaccines: What every parent should know (revised edition). New York: IDG Books.
  • Humiston SG and Good C. (2000). Vaccinating your child: Questions and answers for the concerned parent. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers.
  • Atkinson W, Wolfe C, Humiston S, Nelson R (Eds.). (2000). Measles. In Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases. (The Pink Book). (7th ed.). Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Pink Book: Measles chapter Adobe Acrobat print-friendly PDF file (.pdf, 573 KB, 21 pages)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National Immunization Program. (2008).
    Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases - Measles

    Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) Adobe Acrobat print-friendly PDF file (.pdf, 44 KB, 2 pages) (text-only Text Only Screen-Reader Device Friendly file) (.txt, 7 KB, 1 page)

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Additional Websites

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ACIP Recommendations

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) statements are official federal recommendations for the use of vaccines in the United States

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MMWR Reports

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) provides weekly provisional data on disease surveillance, vaccine-preventable diseases, and other public health case reports, recommendations for vaccines, and other public health recommendations.

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This page last modified on October 7, 2008
Content last reviewed on February 15, 2002
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

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