Authors
Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen, Anders Hviid, Mogens Vestergaard, Diana Schendel, Jan Wohlfahrt, Poul Thorsen, Jørn Olsen, Mads Melbye
Publication date
2002/11/7
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
Volume
347
Issue
19
Pages
1477-1482
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Description
Background
It has been suggested that vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is a cause of autism.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all children born in Denmark from January 1991 through December 1998. The cohort was selected on the basis of data from the Danish Civil Registration System, which assigns a unique identification number to every live-born infant and new resident in Denmark. MMR-vaccination status was obtained from the Danish National Board of Health. Information on the children's autism status was obtained from the Danish Psychiatric Central Register, which contains information on all diagnoses received by patients in psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics in Denmark. We obtained information on potential confounders from the Danish Medical Birth Registry, the National Hospital Registry, and Statistics Denmark.
Results
Of the 537,303 children …
Total citations
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