RT Book, Section
A1 Bryant, Kristina A.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7024221
T1 Chapter 244. Immunizations
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7024221
RD 2024/04/19
AB Childhood  immunizations  represent  one  of  the  great  public  health  achievements  of  the  20th  and  21st  centuries.1According  to  the  World  Health  Organization,  immunization  prevented  at  least  2  million  child  deaths  in  2003  alone.2  Less  than  250  years  after  Edward  Jenner  discovered  that  inoculation  with  cowpox  protected  against  smallpox,  immunization  against  14  different  diseases  before  age  2  is  routinely  recommended  in  the  United  States.