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Author:

Offit, Paul A.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Autism--Etiology.
Vaccination of children--United States.
Medical misconceptions.
Autism--Alternative treatment.
Autistic Disorder--etiology--United States.
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine--adverse effects--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index.

Contents:

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 -- "Next, on Oprah."

ISBN:

0231146361 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231146364 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)221961980

LCCN:

2008015832

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