Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses
Authors:
- Stanley PlotkinSPStanley Plotkin
- Paul A. OffitPOPaul A. Offit
Open Access
- 15 February 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 48 (4) , 456-461
Abstract
Although child vaccination rates remain high, some parental concern persists that vaccines might cause autism. Three specific hypotheses have been prKeywords
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