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| Title: | The influence of the public understanding of science in maintaining herd immunity against childhood illnesses in England and its role as predictor for the uptake of inoculation against infections for which vaccines are not currently available | ||||
| Author: | Leach, Allan Robert |
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0000 0001 3606 4709
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| Awarding Body: | University of Sussex | ||||
| Current Institution: | University of Sussex | ||||
| Date of Award: | 2008 | ||||
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My research shows that the relative level of risk attributed by parents to vaccines is likely to be the defining factor in the uptake of inoculation against childhood infections such as diphtheria and polio and thus in maintaining herd immunity.
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| Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
| Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
| EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.488592 | DOI: | Not available | ||
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