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The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
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8.7 References for Reading 1

Fitzpatrick, M. (2004) Chapter 8 ‘The Lancet Paper’ taken from MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know, London, Routledge. Copyright © 2004 Michael Fitzpatrick.

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Arlett, P., Bryan, P. (2001) ‘A response to “MMR: through a glass, darkly” by Drs A.J. Wakefield and S.M. Montgomery and published reviewers’ comments’, Adverse Drug Reactions and Toxicological Review; 20 (1): pp. 37–45.

Bandolier (2002) ‘MMR vaccination’ at http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/ bandolier/ band84/ MMR.html.

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Fitzpatrick, M. (1998) ‘How now mad cow?’ in I. McCalman with B. Penny and M. Cook (eds.), Mad Cows and Modernity: Cross disciplinary reflections on the crisis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Humanities Research Centre Monograph Series No. 13, Canberra: Australian National University.

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Madsen, K.M., Hvidd, A., Vestergaard, M., Schendel, D., Wohlfart, J., Thorsen, P., Olsen, J., Melbye, M. (2002) ‘A population-based study of MMR vaccine and autism’, New England Journal of Medicine; 347: pp. 1477–82.

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Miller, E., Andrews, N. (2001) ‘Comments on “MMR: through a glass darkly” (http://www.phls.co.uk/ facts/ Vaccination/ 012201wakefield.htm).

Mills, H. (2002) MMR: The story so far, Private Eye Special Report, London: Private Eye.

Moses, V. (2002) ‘Chewing over GM food’, spiked-online, 5 February, http://www.spiked-online.com/ Articles/ 00000002D3EF.htm.

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MRC (Medical Research Council) (1998) ‘Group concluded no reason for change in MMR vaccine policy’, Press Release Ref: 09/98, London: MRC.

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Peltola, H. Patja, A., Leinikki, P., Valle, M., Davidkin, I., Paunio, M. (1998) ‘No evidence for MMR vaccine-associated inflammatory bowel disease or autism in a 14-year prospective study’, Lancet; 351: pp.1327–8.

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Taylor, B., Miller, E., Farrington, C.P., Petropooulos, M.-C., Favot-Mayaud, I., Li, J. Waight, P.A. (1999a) ‘Autism and MMR vaccine: no epidemiological evidence for a causal association’, Lancet; 353: pp.2026–9.

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Uhlmann, V., Shiels, O., Wakefield, A.J., O'Leary, J. (2002) ‘Potential viral pathogenic mechanism for new variant IBD’, Journal of Clinical Pathology and Molecular Pathology; 55 (2): pp.84–90.

Wakefield, A.J., Montgomery, S.M. (2000) ‘MMR vaccine: through a glass darkly’, Adverse Drug Reactions and Toxicology Reviews; 19: pp.265–83.

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Wakefield, A.J., Murch, S.M., Anthony, A., Linnell, J., Casson, D.M., Malik, M., Berelowitz, M., Dhillon, A.P., Thomson, M.A., Harvey, P., Valentine, A., Davies, S.E., Walker-Smith, J.A. (1998) ‘Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children’, Lancet; 351: pp.637–41.

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