American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 101-106 , August 2003

Autism and thimerosal-containing vaccines: Lack of consistent evidence for an association

  • Paul Stehr-Green, DrPH, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington (Stehr-Green), Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Paul Stehr-Green, DrPH, MPH, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 6305 Blue Mountain Road, Port Angeles WA 98362, USA.
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  • Peet Tull

      Affiliations

    • National Board of Health and Welfare (Tull), Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Michael Stellfeld, MD

      Affiliations

    • Statens Serum Institut (Stellfeld), Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Preben-Bo Mortenson, DrMedSC

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Register-Based Research (Mortenson), Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Diane Simpson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Simpson), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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    Graphical ecologic analysis presented by Blaxill3 to the Institute of Medicine on July 16, 2001, comparing the estimated average cumulative dose of mercury exposure in the United States from vaccines,

    Graphical ecologic analysis presented by Blaxill3 to the Institute of Medicine on July 16, 2001, comparing the estimated average cumulative dose of mercury exposure in the United States from vaccines, and the estimated prevalence (per 10,000 population) of children diagnosed with autism-like disorders seeking special education services for autism in California from 1987 to 1998, by birth-year cohort.aIncludes DPT, Haemophilus influenza B, and hepatitis B exposures weighted by survey year compliance.

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    Graphical ecologic analysis comparing average cumulative ethylmercury dose received from vaccines and the incidence rate (per 100,000 person-years) of autism cases in children aged 2 to 10 years diagn

    Graphical ecologic analysis comparing average cumulative ethylmercury dose received from vaccines and the incidence rate (per 100,000 person-years) of autism cases in children aged 2 to 10 years diagnosed during 1987–1999 in inpatient settings in Sweden, by birth-year cohort from 1980 to 1996. (Data not available for year 1981.)

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    Graphical ecologic analysis comparing the average cumulative ethylmercury dose received from vaccines by birth-year cohort from 1981 to 1998, and the annual number of incident cases of autism in child

    Graphical ecologic analysis comparing the average cumulative ethylmercury dose received from vaccines by birth-year cohort from 1981 to 1998, and the annual number of incident cases of autism in children aged 2 to 10 years diagnosed in Denmark from 1983 to 2000.

☆ Address reprint requests to: Diane Simpson, MD, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-62, Atlanta GA 30333.The full text of this article is available via AJPM Online at www.ajpm-online.net.

PII: S0749-3797(03)00113-2

doi: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00113-2

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 101-106 , August 2003

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