Vaccine hesitancy: An overview on parents' opinions about vaccination and possible reasons of vaccine refusal

• Main Authors: Alessio Facciolà (Author), Giuseppa Visalli (Author), Annalisa Orlando (Author), Maria Paola Bertuccio (Author), Pasquale Spataro (Author), Raffaele Squeri (Author), Isa Picerno (Author), Angela Di Pietro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Vaccine hesitancy has increased worldwide with a subsequent decreasing of vaccination rates and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases (i.e. measles, poliomyelitis and pertussis) in several developed countries, including Italy. Design and Methods. We conducted a survey to investigate...