Open AccessA Longitudinal Analysis of the Effect of Nonmedical Exemption Law and Vaccine Uptake on Vaccine-Targeted Disease Rates
Author(s) -
Y. Tony Yang,
Vicky Debold
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301538
Subject(s) - medicine , restrictiveness , diphtheria , incidence (geometry) , hepatitis b , measles , vaccination , immunology , pediatrics , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics
We assessed how nonmedical exemption (NME) laws and annual uptake of vaccines required for school or daycare entry affect annual incidence rates for 5 vaccine-targeted diseases: pertussis, measles, mumps, Haemophilus influenzae type B, and hepatitis B.