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University of California at San
Francisco
University of Chicago
University of Connecticut
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Bioethics
University of Pittsburgh
Unruh, Leslie
urea, 123–124 U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, 165 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,
U.S. Public Health Service
vaccines
See also Hilleman, Maurice, and specific diseases and organisms affordability of
derivation of word
false alarms discredited
federal oversight of
future of
importance of
in National Millennium Time
Capsule
parental consent in trials of
profitablity of
shortages of
retarded children in trials of
Vaccines for Children program
Vagelos, Roy
van Leeuwenhoek, Anton
Vatican
Vierucci, Alberto
Vinnedge, Debi
viral surface protein, hepatitis B,
viruses
and cancer
characteristics of
distinguished from bacteria
immune responses against
research in
vitamin B
von Behring, Emil
Voltaire
Wagner-Jauregg, Julius
Wakefield, Andrew
Walker, George
Walter E. Fernald School
Walter Reed Army Medical Institute,
Waring blender
wars, infectious diseases during
Washington, George
Waxman, Henry
Weibel, Robert
Weldon, Dave
Weller, Peter
Weller, Thomas
Werhner, Julius
Werzberger, Alan
whooping cough
Why People Believe Weird Things,
Wieczorek, Dineen
Wiktor, Tad
Wildman, Dave and Mary
Willard Parker Hospital
Willowbrook State School
Wistar Institute
World Bank
World Health Organization
Wright, Almroth
Wuchereria bancrofti
Wyeth
yellow fever
Yersin, Alexandre
About the Author
PAUL A. OFFIT, MD, is the chief of the division of infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania medical school. He developed a vaccine for rotavirus. His previous books include The Cutter Incident, a history, as well as two practical books: Vaccines: What You Should Know and Breaking the Antibiotic Habit. He lives near Philadelphia.
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Copyright
VACCINATED. Copyright © 2007 by Paul A. Offit, MD. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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