Autism and thimerosal-containing vaccines: Lack of consistent evidence for an association

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Stehr Green, Paul ^a   Tull, Peet ^b   Stellfeld, Michael ^c   Mortenson, Preben Bo ^d   Simpson, Diane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d Aarhus BSS   (Denmark)

^e CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

THIOMERSAL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042168836     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00113-2     Document Type: Article

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