Empirical data confirm autism symptoms related to aluminum and acetaminophen exposure

Entropy

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2227-2253

  Seneff, Stephanie ^a   Davidson, Robert M ^b   Liu, Jingjing ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PhyNet Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Aluminum; Autism; Cholesterol sulfate; Glutathione; HEP B; Mercury; MMR; Sulfate; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871658316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e14112227     Document Type: Review

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