Compulsory vaccination and conscientious or philosophical exemptions: past, present, and future

@article{Salmon2006CompulsoryVA,
  title={Compulsory vaccination and conscientious or philosophical exemptions: past, present, and future},
  author={Daniel A Salmon and Stephen P. Teret and Chandini Raina Macintyre and David M. Salisbury and Margaret A. Burgess and Neal A. Halsey},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2006},
  volume={367},
  pages={436-442}
}
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