Anatomy of a Health Scare : Education, Income and the MMR Controversy in the UK

One theory for why there is a strong education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly absorb new information about health technology. The MMR controversy in the UK provides a case where, for a brief period of time, some highly publicized research suggested that a particular multi-component vaccine, freely provided to young children, could have potentially serious side-effects...

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Year of publication:	2008-07-01
Authors:	Anderberg, Dan ; Chevalier, Arnaud ; Wadsworth, Jonathan
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Gesundheitswesen \| public health sector \| Kinderkrankheit \| Einkommen \| income \| Bildungssystem

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I Introduction
II Background
III The Data
IV The Model and Results
V Further Evidence
VI Discussion
References

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