The Vaccine Guide: Risks and Benefits for Children and AdultsThe Vaccine Guide covers each disease and its vaccine, providing difficult-to-obtain facts about vaccine reactions. Also discussed are vaccine effectiveness, toxicity and adverse effects, legal requirements, alternatives, and the latest information on the threat of bioterrorism. New to this edition are topics of particular concern to adults, including smallpox and anthrax vaccines, flu shots, and new conditions linked to vaccine reactions. |
Contents
Making an Informed Choice | 3 |
Adverse Vaccine Reactions | 37 |
Contaminated Vaccines | 57 |
Chemicals in Vaccines | 69 |
Conventional Vaccine Studies | 79 |
Achieving Health | 85 |
Alternative Vaccine Methods | 95 |
Building a Strong Immune System | 109 |
Hepatitis B | 169 |
Lyme Disease | 181 |
MMR | 201 |
Pertussis Whooping Cough | 223 |
Polio | 235 |
Smallpox | 245 |
Tetanus | 255 |
Travel | 265 |
Legal Requirements | 119 |
The Diseases and Their Vaccines | 135 |
Chickenpox Varicella | 147 |
Diphtheria | 157 |
Hepatitis A | 163 |
Conclusion | 273 |
Appendices | 279 |
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