Physicians' role in improving adolescent vaccination rates

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Abstract

Over the course of human history, innumerable advances have been made to extend the length and quality of life. It would be difficult to debate the fact that vaccines have saved more lives than any other medical intervention in the past century. Sanitation, especially clean water, may have saved more lives than any other intervention, but sanitation has been mainly in the hands of engineers. Physicians and other health care practitioners, with the help of educators, are responsible for saving millions of lives by vaccinating patients, perhaps as many as 6 million per year.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)S4-S5
JournalJournal of the American Osteopathic Association
Volume114
Issue number3 SUPPL. 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Complementary and alternative medicine

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