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Authors :
McLaren, Leah
Source :
Maclean's. 5/6/2013, Vol. 126 Issue 17, p1-1. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

The article looks at a 2013 outbreak of measles in Great Britain that health officials say is the result of a generation of children who were not vaccinated against the disease as infants in the 1990s. A paper published in 1998 by medical researcher Andrew Wakefield that linked the MMR (measles-mumps-rubellla) vaccine to autism, later found to be fraudulent, is noted as a main cause for parents choosing not to vaccinate their children.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00249262
Volume :
126
Issue :
17
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Maclean's
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
87327041