Doubts Cast On Study Linking Mmr to Autism; Lancet Reveals Author's Conflict of Interest
The Herald › February 21, 2004
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THE eminent medical journal, The Lancet, last night said it should not have published a controversial study which started the scare over the MMR jab and its reported link to autism.
The publication in 1998 of the study by Dr Andrew Wakefield and colleagues at London's Royal Free Hospital continues to cause a reduced take-up of the combined measles, mumps rubella vaccine.See the full content of this document
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Doubts Cast On Study Linking Mmr to Autism; Lancet Reveals Author's Conflict of Interest
Last night, one MP called for a public inquiry while an MMR opponent claimed the development was part of a dirty tricks campaign against Dr Wakefield.
The Lancet said Dr Wakefield had been carrying out studies both for the Royal Free and for...See the full content of this document
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