The Role of Religious Vaccination Exemptions in the Ocean County, New Jersey Pertussis Outbreak
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a vaccine-preventable disease that is on the rise in the United States, a trend which has been attributed to vaccination exemption. Indeed, the pertussis outbreak that occurred in February, 2012 in Ocean County, New Jersey was associated with vaccine exemp...
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ScholarWorks
2015
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1272 https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2271&context=dissertations |