The vaccine guide
Subtitle: risks and benefits for children and adults
By: by Randall Neustaedter
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781556434235
Subjects: Methods; Immunization of children; Vaccination; Popular works; Risk Assessment; Vaccines; Communicable Disease Control; Adverse effects; Popular Works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-335) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1.; title: Choices -- -- [ch. 1].; title: Making an informed choice --; title: Childhood vaccines --; title: Adult vaccines --; title: Philosophy and medical care --; title: Personal choice, politics, and profits --; title: Options for parents : choosing and timing vaccines --; title: Individual disease incidence and severity -- -- [ch. 2].; title: Adverse vaccine reactions --; title: Short-term reactions --; title: Long-term reactions --; title: Autism --; title: Immune system disorders --; title: Multiple sclerosis --; title: Diabetes -- -- [ch. 3].; title: Contaminated vaccines --; title: Monkey virus and cancer --; title: HIV and AIDS --; title: Stealth virus --; title: Other viruses -- -- [ch. 4].; title: Chemicals in vaccines --; title: Aluminum --; title: Thimerosal (mercury) --; title: Formaldehyde -- -- [ch. 5].; title: Conventional vaccine studies -- -- [ch. 6].; title: Alternative medicine : achieving health --; title: The role of natural medicine --; title: Treatment of vaccine reactions -- -- [ch. 7].; title: Alternative vaccine methods --; title: Prevention during epidemics --; title: Long-term prevention -- -- [ch. 8].; title: Building a strong immune system --; title: Breastfeeding --; title: Nutrition in older children --; title: A nutritional supplement program --; title: Effects of living conditions -- -- [ch. 9].; title: Legal requirements --; title: Compulsory vaccination --; title: Medical exemptions --; title: Religious exemptions --; title: Philosophical exemptions --; title: Immigration --; title: Military service -- -- pt. 2.; title: The vaccines -- -- [ch. 10].; title: The diseases and their vaccines -- -- [ch. 11].; title: Anthrax -- -- [ch. 12].; title: Chickenpox (varicella) -- -- [ch. 13].; title: Diphtheria -- -- [ch. 14].; title: Flu -- -- [ch. 15].; title: Hepatitis A -- -- [ch. 16].; title: Hepatitis B -- -- [ch. 17].; title: Meningitis vaccines --; title: Haemophilus influenzae type B (hib) meningitis --; title: Meningococcal vaccine --; title: Pneumococcal vaccine -- -- [ch. 18].; title: MMR --; title: Measles --; title: Mumps --; title: Rubella (German measles) -- -- [ch. 19].; title: Pertussis (whooping cough) -- -- [ch. 20].; title: Polio -- -- [ch. 21].; title: Smallpox -- -- [ch. 22].; title: Tetanus -- -- [ch. 23].; title: Travel -- -- [ch. 24].; title: Conclusion.