Autism's false prophets : bad science, risky medicine, and the search for a cure / Paul A. Offit
By: Offit, Paul A.
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TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ℗♭2008Description: xxi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231146364 (alk. paper) :; 0231146361 (alk. paper) :.Subject(s): Autism -- Etiology | Vaccination of children -- United States | Medical misconceptions | Autism -- Alternative treatment | Autistic Disorder -- etiology | Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine -- adverse effects | United StatesDDC classification: 618.928
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 -- Epilogue: "Next, on Oprah."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-284) and index
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."
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