Media coverage of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism controversy and its relationship to MMR immunization rates in the united states

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Smith, Michael J ^a,b,d   Ellenberg, Susan S ^b   Bell, Louis M ^a,c   Rubin, David M ^b,c  

^a Divisions of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Media impact; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; UNITED STATES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 42949162160     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1760     Document Type: Article

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