Children with learning disabilities may miss important vaccinations
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Children with learning disabilities may miss important vaccinations

Dave Atkinson Independent consultant nurse

Child health policy in the UK includes vaccination from eight weeks to 13 years for diseases including diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and meningitis.

Learning Disability Practice. 22, 5, 12-12. doi: 10.7748/ldp.22.5.12.s10

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