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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/27/us-amish-parents-idUSTRE75Q5SO20110627
Amish parents mirror wider concerns over vaccines
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK | Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:34pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among the minority of Amish parents who do not immunize their children, the most common reasons for skipping the shots were more related to concerns over the potential side effects of vaccines, than to religious beliefs, a new study finds.
"The reasons that Amish parents resist immunizations mirror reasons that non-Amish parents resist immunizations," Dr. Olivia K. Wenger of Akron Children's Hospital and her colleagues wrote in the journal Pediatrics...
Amish parents mirror wider concerns over vaccines
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK | Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:34pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among the minority of Amish parents who do not immunize their children, the most common reasons for skipping the shots were more related to concerns over the potential side effects of vaccines, than to religious beliefs, a new study finds.
"The reasons that Amish parents resist immunizations mirror reasons that non-Amish parents resist immunizations," Dr. Olivia K. Wenger of Akron Children's Hospital and her colleagues wrote in the journal Pediatrics...