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Vaccinations containing thimerosal do not increase rates of autism
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This retrospective cohort study found that autism rates in children receiving vaccines containing thimerosal were not statistically different than for children receiving thimerosal-free vaccines.

This study refutes any connection between the thimerosal preservative and autistic disorders, but does not evaluate the risk of autistic disorders in vaccinated children compared with those who are not vaccinated. No routine pediatric vaccinations currently used in the United States contain thimerosal.

 
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Hviid A, Stellfeld M, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Association between thimerosal-containing vaccine and autism. JAMA 2003; 290:1763–1766.

Jennifer J. Buescher, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri–Columbia. E-mail: [email protected].

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Jennifer J. Buescher, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri–Columbia. E-mail: [email protected].

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Hviid A, Stellfeld M, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Association between thimerosal-containing vaccine and autism. JAMA 2003; 290:1763–1766.

Jennifer J. Buescher, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri–Columbia. E-mail: [email protected].

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PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS

This retrospective cohort study found that autism rates in children receiving vaccines containing thimerosal were not statistically different than for children receiving thimerosal-free vaccines.

This study refutes any connection between the thimerosal preservative and autistic disorders, but does not evaluate the risk of autistic disorders in vaccinated children compared with those who are not vaccinated. No routine pediatric vaccinations currently used in the United States contain thimerosal.

 
PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS

This retrospective cohort study found that autism rates in children receiving vaccines containing thimerosal were not statistically different than for children receiving thimerosal-free vaccines.

This study refutes any connection between the thimerosal preservative and autistic disorders, but does not evaluate the risk of autistic disorders in vaccinated children compared with those who are not vaccinated. No routine pediatric vaccinations currently used in the United States contain thimerosal.

 
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