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General information and facts about safety

Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal
- Child vaccination calendar

- Influenza vaccination: information for parents

- Influenza vaccination: patient information

Caring for Kids
- Immunization
- Vaccine Safety
- Parents' guide to finding information on the web
- Autistic spectrum disorder: No causal relationship with vaccines

Health Canada
- Flu
- Mengingococcal Vaccine
- Misconceptions about Vaccine Safety
- Travel Health

Public Health Agency of Canada
- Immunization & Vaccines: Thimerosal in vaccines and autism
- Thimerosal updated statement
- Travel Health Information > Immunizations Recommended for Travel Outside of Canada

Books

Canadian Pediatric Society

Your Child's Best Shot
A parent's guide to vaccination, 3rd edition by Ronald Gold, MD, MPH

392 pages • 6 ½ x 9 ¾
ISBN: 0-9781458-0-1
December 2006 • softcover
Price: $21.95
Member price: $17.95

Available here

The Research

Hamlin J, Senthilnathan S, Bernstein HH.
Update on universal childhood immunizations
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2008 Aug;20(4):483-9.
Abstract
For full text of the article please contact Francesca Frati

Jacobson RM.
An update on childhood and adolescent vaccines.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2009 May;84(5):457-9
Abstract & full text

Demicheli V, Jefferson T, Rivetti A, Price D.
Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005;19(4): CD004407. doi:10.1002/14651858.
Abstract
For full text of the article please contact Francesca Frati

Godlee F.
The fraud behind the MMR scare
BMJ. 2011;342 (jan06 1): d22-d22. doi:10.1136/bmj.d22.
Abstract & full text or copy and paste doi.

Homme JH, Fischer PR.
Prophylactic paracetamol at the time of infant vaccination reduces the risk of fever but also reduces antibody response
Evid Based Med 2010;15:50-51 doi:10.1136/ebm1049
Abstract & full text or copy and paste doi.

Streefland PH.
Public doubts about vaccination safety and resistance against vaccination
Health Policy. 2001;5( 3): 159-172. doi:10.1016/S0168-8510(00)00132-9
Abstract & full text or copy and paste doi.

Varicella (chicken pox)

Caring for Kids
- Chicken pox vaccine (Includes pros & cons)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine Q&A

Mount Sinai Hospital- Department of Microbiology
- FAQ: Chickenpox (Varicella) Vaccine

MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella)

Caring for Kids
- MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella) Vaccine
- MMR vaccine: Myths and facts
- Autistic spectrum disorder: No causal relationship with vaccines

Languages other than English and French

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Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
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