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Autism's false prophets : bad science, risky medicine, and the search for a cure /
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 d...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York ; Chichester, West Sussex :
Columbia University Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 child's system should treat the disorder. Consequently, a number of untested alternative therapies arose, and, most tragically, in one such treatment, a doctor injected a five-year-old autistic boy with a chemical in an effort to cleanse him. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 298 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Awards: | PSP Prose Awards (nominated), 2008 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231517966 0231517963 023114637X 9780231146371 |