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 |
Personal Choice Politics and Profits | 15 |
Choosing and Timing Vaccines | 25 |
Individual Disease Incidence and Severity | 35 |
Contaminated Vaccines | 57 |
Chemicals in Vaccines | 69 |
Conventional Vaccine Studies | 79 |
Achieving Health | 85 |
Hepatitis A | 163 |
Hepatitis B | 169 |
Lyme Disease | 181 |
MMR | 201 |
Pertussis Whooping Cough | 223 |
Polio | 235 |
Smallpox | 245 |
Tetanus | 255 |
Alternative Vaccine Methods | 95 |
Building a Strong Immune System | 109 |
Legal Requirements | 119 |
The Diseases and Their Vaccines | 135 |
Chickenpox Varicella | 147 |
Diphtheria | 157 |
Travel | 265 |
Conclusion | 273 |
Appendices | 279 |
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