Title:
Your baby's best shot : why vaccines are safe and save lives / Stacy Mintzer Herlihy and E. Allison Hagood.
Author:
Herlihy, Stacy Mintzer, 1970- author.
Hagood, E. Allison, author.
Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2015.
©2012
Call Number:
RA638 .H47 2015
Abstract:
In this practical guide to vaccination for parents of infants, the authors cover such topics as vaccine ingredients, how vaccines work, what can happen when populations don't vaccinate their children, and the controversies surrounding supposed links to autism, allergies, and asthma.
Edition:
First paperback edition.
ISBN:
9781442215795
Physical Description:
x, 213 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Who we are and why we wrote this book -- The Edward Jenner story : a brief history of the first vaccine -- The biology of vaccines -- Of bananas and formaldehyde, or what the heck is in them? -- A real mother : the world before vaccines -- The worst-case scenario : true adverse reactions -- Vaccines and autism : the creation of a modern myth -- Autism : a brief discussion of the facts -- Mark and David Geier : other autism myths -- ADHD, allergies, and all the rest : other vaccine myths -- The good, the bad, and the ugly : a guide to the online world -- Other vaccine myths and facts -- Modern developments in vaccine technology : the story of the HPV vaccine -- The easiest parenting decision you'll make.
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