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Anti-vaccinationists past and present
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The British Vaccination Act of 1840 was the first incursion of the state, in the name of public health, into traditional civil liberties. The activities of today9s propagandists against immunisations are directly descended from, indeed little changed from, those of the anti-vaccinationists of the late nineteenth century, say Robert Wolfe and Lisa Sharp
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- Authors
- Wolfe, R. M., & Sharp, L. K.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2002-08-24
- Volume
- 325
- Issue
- 7361
- Pages
- 430-432
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
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- W2043422134
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- FWCI
- 6.02
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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