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<td class="small_bold" nowrap="true" style="padding:.25em">Released On:   <br/> </td> <td class="small" width="100%"> <span id="Body__ctl0__ctl0_loader__ctl0_PublishedOn">April 23, 2001</span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <img src="/web/20070822204904im_/http://www.iom.edu/layouts/iom_may_2005/images/pixel_darkgray.gif" align="top" width="100%" height="1" border="0" alt=""/> </td> </tr> </span> <tr> <td height="100%" colspan="2"> <span style="font-size:100%"><br/></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap> <a id="Body__ctl0__ctl0_loader__ctl0_ReadAndPurchase" class="Bold" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070822204904/http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10101.html"><font color="#993300">Read and Purchase</font></a> <br/><br/> </td> <td width="100%" align="right">   <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/4715.aspx?printfriendly=true" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20070822204904im_/http://www.iom.edu/Layouts/iom_may_2005/Images/icons/icon_print.gif" 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<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health recognized the need for an independent group to carefully examine the hypothesized MMR-autism link and address other vaccine-safety issues as well, in order to give some guidance to themselves, health care providers, researchers, and a concerned public. <p>These agencies engaged the Institute of Medicine, which in turn appointed the Immunization Safety Review Committee, a 15-member body of health professionals with wide-ranging expertise in areas relevant to the problem. To preclude any real or perceived conflicts of interest, candidate members were subject to strict selection criteria that excluded anyone who had participated in research on vaccine safety, received funding from vaccine manufacturers or their parent companies, or served on vaccine advisory committees. <p>The results of the committee's assessment of the issue are described in this report titled <i>Immunization Safety Review: Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism. </i><br> <p>Click on the book cover to the right to view the report <p><a class="linkTextBlock" href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/?id=8463">Back</a> to Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism Page<br><a class="linkTextBlock" href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/?id=8174">Back</a> to Immunization Safety Review committee homepage<br><br> </td> </tr> </table> </span><br/><br/>  <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="4" height="1" class="ListSection"> <span id="Body__ctl0__ctl0_loader__ctl0_RelatedReports_RelatedReportsListTitle">Related Reports</span> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="0"> </td> <td width="80"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/20155.aspx"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070822204904im_/http://newton.nap.edu/images/cover.php?type=minicov&id=10997" alt="Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism" width="50"></a> </td> <td width="100%"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/20155.aspx">Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism</a><br/> May 17, 2004 </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="0"> </td> <td class="altRow" width="80"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/15625.aspx"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070822204904im_/http://newton.nap.edu/images/cover.php?type=minicov&id=10822" alt="Immunization Safety Review: Influenza Vaccines and Neurological Complications" width="50"></a> </td> <td class="altRow" width="100%"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/15625.aspx">Immunization Safety Review: Influenza Vaccines and Neurological Complications</a><br/> Oct 6, 2003 </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="0"> </td> <td width="80"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/5391.aspx"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070822204904im_/http://newton.nap.edu/images/cover.php?type=minicov&id=10649" alt="Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy" width="50"></a> </td> <td width="100%"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/5391.aspx">Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy</a><br/> Mar 12, 2003 </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="0"> </td> <td class="altRow" width="80"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/4317.aspx"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070822204904im_/http://newton.nap.edu/images/cover.php?type=minicov&id=10534" alt="Immunization Safety Review: SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer " width="50"></a> </td> <td class="altRow" width="100%"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/4317.aspx">Immunization Safety Review: SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer </a><br/> Oct 22, 2002 </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="0"> </td> <td width="80"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/4435.aspx"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070822204904im_/http://newton.nap.edu/images/cover.php?type=minicov&id=10393" alt="Immunization Safety Review: Hepatitis B Vaccine and Demyelinating Neurological Disorders" width="50"></a> </td> <td width="100%"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/4435.aspx">Immunization Safety Review: Hepatitis B Vaccine and Demyelinating Neurological Disorders</a><br/> May 30, 2002 </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="0"> </td> <td class="altRow" width="80"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/4432.aspx"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070822204904im_/http://newton.nap.edu/images/cover.php?type=minicov&id=10306" alt="Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations and Immune Dysfunction " width="50"></a> </td> <td class="altRow" width="100%"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/4432.aspx">Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations and Immune Dysfunction </a><br/> Feb 20, 2002 </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="0"> </td> <td width="80"> <a href="/web/20070822204904/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4705/4717.aspx"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070822204904im_/http://newton.nap.edu/images/cover.php?type=minicov&id=10208" alt="Immunization Safety Review: Thimerosal - 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