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Commentary

Rethinking vaccine policy making in an era of vaccine hesitancy

Time to rebuild, not remodel?

Douglas J Opel Department of Pediatrics; University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle, WA USA; Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Center for Clinical and Translational Research; Seattle Children’s Research Institute; Seattle, WA USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Edgar K Marcuse Department of Pediatrics; University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle, WA USA; Department of Epidemiology; University of Washington School of Public Health; Seattle, WA USA
Pages 2672-2673 | Received 23 Sep 2013, Accepted 29 Sep 2013, Published online: 01 Oct 2013

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