Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen is a Danish epidemiologist and expert on infectious diseases[1] who, as of 2003, worked at the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at Aarhus University. He is known for leading two studies that found no link between either the MMR vaccine and autism[2] or thimerosal and autism.[3] The first of these studies pertained to MMR and was published in 2002; the second pertained to thimerosal and was published in 2003. Both of these studies received considerable media attention.[4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ Tanne, J. H. (2002). "MMR vaccine is not linked with autism, says Danish study". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 325 (7373): 1134. doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1134/a. PMC 1124634.
- ^ Madsen, Kreesten Meldgaard; Hviid, Anders; Vestergaard, Mogens; Schendel, Diana; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Thorsen, Poul; Olsen, Jørn; Melbye, Mads (7 November 2002). "A Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism". New England Journal of Medicine. 347 (19): 1477–1482. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa021134. PMID 12421889.
- ^ Madsen, KM; Lauritsen, MB; Pedersen, CB; Thorsen, P; Plesner, AM; Andersen, PH; Mortensen, PB (September 2003). "Thimerosal and the occurrence of autism: negative ecological evidence from Danish population-based data". Pediatrics. 112 (3 Pt 1): 604–6. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.559.4575. doi:10.1542/peds.112.3.604. PMID 12949291.
- ^ Marcus, Adam (6 November 2002). "MMR-Autism Linked Rebutted Again". HealthDay. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ Zimmerman, Rachel (6 November 2002). "Danish Study Finds No Links Between Vaccine and Autism". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ Coghlan, Andy (7 November 2002). "MMR and autism not linked, finds giant study". New Scientist. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ McNeil, Donald G. (4 September 2003). "Study Casts Doubt on Theory Of Vaccines' Link to Autism". New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2015.