In 1998, British Physician Andrew Wakefield and His Colleagues Published

question 32

Multiple Choice

In 1998, British physician Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues published a paper reporting that within 1 month of receiving the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, 12 children began to show signs of autism or other problems. Since that time, 20 epidemiologic studies have ______.

• A) corroborated these claims of a vaccine-autism connection
• B) found no evidence in support of Wakefield's claims
• C) determined that Thimerosal was responsible for autism
• D) found only a few cases where vaccination led to autism

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