Association between thimerosal-containing vaccine and autism
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Vaccines that contain thimerosal probably do not increase the risk of autism in children who receive them, according to a study of 467,450 Danish children born between 1990 and 1996. There was no increase in the number of children with autism in the group that received vaccines containing thimerosal compared to the group that received vaccines without thimerosal. Thimerosal is a mercury compound used as a preservative.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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MMR vaccination and febrile seizures
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Millions of children are vaccinated with the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine annually and the safety of this vaccine is of prime concern to researchers with tests being conducted to estimate incidence rate ratios (RRs) following this vaccination. It was found that there is an increased rate of febrile seizures after MMR vaccination but the risk difference was smaller in high-risk children.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Childhood vaccination and type 1 diabetes
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A diverse casual mechanisms is proposed to explain a possible link between childhood vaccination and type 1 diabetes. Three case studies from Sweden, Europe and United States found no adverse effect of childhood vaccination on type 1 diabetes.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
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