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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2017 Aug 18;74:33–45. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2017.08.007

Table A.8.

Links from proximity data. High semantic similarity (cosine values) indicate stronger association between concepts. Links with shaded backgrounds are from health professional models. [S] denotes the shared links.

Link Semantic Similarity
choice controversy 0.99754
vaccine mercury 0.99443
vaccine autism 0.99125
autism choice 0.98826
delay risk 0.98249
autism side effects 0.97496
vaccine risk 0.96787
ingredients reaction 0.96623
vaccine immunization 0.96549
vaccine ingredients 0.96524
vaccine schedule 0.94231
alternative risk 0.94176
vaccine death 0.94002 [S1]
safety risk 0.93127
vaccine reaction 0.9277
vaccine delay 0.91741
injury death 0.91525
vaccine choice 0.90658
vaccine death 0.90132 [S1]
exemption conscience 0.88088 [S3]
vaccine safety 0.87345
mercury preservative 0.87239
vaccine side effects 0.87082
autism andrew wakefield 0.85667 [S2]
safety death 0.84273
toxins choice 0.8236
ingredients aluminum 0.76991
ingredients side effects 0.76686
aluminum formaldehyde 0.7632
autism controversy 0.76309
autism dr. sears 0.75828
delay preservative 0.71412
autism andrew wakefield 0.70008 [S2]
refusal immunization 0.67507
delay andrew wakefield 0.6726
dr. sears schedule 0.66473
toxins refusal 0.63559
toxins preservative 0.62951
schedule side effects 0.62948
toxins immunization 0.61651
exemption immunization 0.54379
conscience controversy 0.54193
alternative death 0.50042
refusal death 0.49126
toxins injury 0.3695
preservative formaldehyde 0.20115
toxins aluminum 0.19739
exemption conscience 0.15035 [S3]