Mercury levels in newborns and infants after receipt of thimerosal-containing vaccines

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Pichichero, Michael E ^a,e   Gentile, Angela ^b   Giglio, Norberto ^b   Umido, Veronica ^b   Clarkson, Thomas ^a   Cernichiari, Elsa ^a   Zareba, Grazyna ^a   Gotelli, Carlos ^c   Gotelli, Mariano ^c   Yan, Lihan ^d   Treanor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^c Center of Toxicological Research   (Argentina)

^d EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethyl mercury; Neurotoxicity; Thimerosal; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; THIOMERSAL; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HALF LIFE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION;

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; ETHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; FECES; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MERCURY; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; THIMEROSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 38849173902     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3363     Document Type: Article

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