Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Using agent-based modeling, Sinclair et al 1 have demonstrated the risk that many Texas children face because of their classmates' religious or philosophical exemptions from measles vaccination.In Texas, vaccine exemption rates have increased 28-fold since 2003, and Texas allows for exemptions "for reasons of conscience," which include religious and philosophical objections to vaccinations.
Source: JAMA Network Open
Authors: Tara C. Smith, Maimuna S. Majumder
Institutions: Kent State University, Harvard University
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W2969423896