Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines : evidence bearing on causality /

Childhood immunization is one of the major public health achievements of the 20th century and is receiving special attention from the Clinton Administration. At the same time, some parents and health professionals are questioning the safety of vaccines because of the occurrence of rare adverse event...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Vaccine Safety Committee, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
Otros Autores: Stratton, Kathleen R., Howe, Cynthia J., Johnston, Richard B., 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.
Temas:
Vaccination of children > Complications.
Vaccines > Health aspects.
Vaccines > Toxicology.
Children.
Infants.
Immunization.
Human beings.
Child
Humans
Infant
Immunization
Vaccines > adverse effects
Enfants > Vaccination > Complications et séquelles.
Vaccins > Toxicologie.
Enfants.
Nourrissons.
Immunisation.
Êtres humains.
children (people by age group)
infants.
Homo sapiens (species)
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Infants
Children
Vaccination of children > Complications
Vaccines > Health aspects
Vaccines > Toxicology
Immunisation > Enfant.
Vaccins > effets indésirables.
Impfung
Kind
Nebenwirkung
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Sumario:Childhood immunization is one of the major public health achievements of the 20th century and is receiving special attention from the Clinton Administration. At the same time, some parents and health professionals are questioning the safety of vaccines because of the occurrence of rare adverse events after immunization.
This volume provides the most thorough literature review available about links between common childhood vaccines - tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and hepatitis B - and specific types of disorders or death. The panel presents its findings in helpful tables as well as in narrative form, discusses approaches to evidence and causality, and examines the possible adverse effects - neurologic and immunologic disorders and death - of immunization.
Helpful background information on the development of the vaccines and details about the case reports, clinical trials, and other evidence associating each vaccine with specific disorders are included.
Notas:"Vaccine Safety Committee, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine."
"The project was supported by funds coordinated through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (contract no. NO-AI-15130)"--Title page verso
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 464 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-450) and index.
ISBN:058515869X
9780585158693

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