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Autism's false prophets : bad science, risky medicine, and the search for a cure /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Offit, Paul A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Autism > Etiology.
Vaccination of children > United States.
Medical misconceptions.
Autism > Alternative treatment.
Autistic Disorder > etiology.
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine > adverse effects.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • The tinderbox
  • Lighting the fuse
  • The implosion
  • A precautionary tale
  • Mercury rising
  • Mercury falling
  • Behind the mercury curtain
  • Science in court
  • Science and the media
  • Science and society
  • A place for autism
  • Epilogue: "Next, on Oprah"
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.