Thimerosal and the occurrence of autism: Negative ecological evidence from Danish population-based data

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 604-606

  Madsen, Kreesten M ^a   Lauritsen, Marlene B ^b   Pedersen, Carsten B ^c   Thorsen, Poul ^a   Plesner, Anne Marie ^d   Andersen, Peter H ^d   Mortensen, Preben B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autism; Epidemiology; Mercury; Population; Thimerosal; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; PRESERVATIVE; THIOMERSAL; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ECOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIMEROSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 0042763207     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.3.604     Document Type: Article

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