@article{290385,
      recid = {290385},
      author = {Kirby, David.},
      title = {Evidence of harm : mercury in vaccines and the autism  epidemic : a medical controversy /},
      publisher = {St. Martin's Press,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xvi, 460 p. ;},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {IIn the 1990s reported autism cases among American  children began spiking. This trend coincided with the  addition of several new shots to the nation's already  crowded vaccination schedule, grouped together and given in  the early months of infancy. Most of these shots contained  the preservative thimerosal, which includes a quantity of  the toxin mercury. This book explores the heated  controversy over what many have called an "epidemic" of  afflicted children. The author traces the struggle of  several families to understand how and why their  once-healthy kids rapidly descended into silence or  disturbed behavior, often accompanied by severe physical  illness. Alarmed by the levels of mercury in the vaccine  schedule, these families sought answers to no avail. In the  end, as research is beginning to demonstrate, the questions  raised have significant implications for all children, and  for those entrusted to oversee our national health.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/290385},
}