Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism

BMJ

Volumn 323, Issue 7305, 2001, Pages 163-

  Smeeth, Liam ^a   Hall, Andrew J ^a   Rodrigues, Laura C ^a   Huang, Xiangning ^a   Smith, Peter G ^a   Fombonne, Eric ^b   Edwardes, Michael ^c   Baltzan, Marc ^d   Yazbak, f Edward ^e   Kaye, James A ^f   Melero Montes, Maria Del Mar ^f   Jick, Hershel ^f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c and a member of the Respiratory Medicine Program Committee of the College of Family Physicians of Canada   (Canada)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e TL Autism Research   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 85007687631     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7305.163     Document Type: Letter

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