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Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
Autism's False Prophets Bad Science Risky Medicine and the Search for a Cure
Author: Paul A. Offit
A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused autism, they reasoned, eliminating it from a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231517966
ISBN-10: 0231517963
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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