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Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen
Researcher at Aarhus University
Publications - 27
Citations - 2900
Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen is an academic researcher from Aarhus University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Autism & Population. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 27 publications receiving 2756 citations. Previous affiliations of Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen include Aalborg Hospital.
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Risk Factors for Autism: Perinatal Factors, Parental Psychiatric History, and Socioeconomic Status
Heidi Larsson,William W. Eaton,Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen,Mogens Vestergaard,Anne Vingaard Olesen,Esben Agerbo,Diana Schendel,Poul Thorsen,Preben Bo Mortensen +8 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that prenatal environmental factors and parental psychopathology are associated with the risk of autism, and these factors seem to act independently.
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A Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism
Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen,Anders Hviid,Mogens Vestergaard,Diana Schendel,Jan Wohlfahrt,Poul Thorsen,Jørn Olsen,Mads Melbye +7 more
TL;DR: A retrospective cohort study of all children born in Denmark from January 1991 through December 1998 finds that vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is a cause of autism.
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Thimerosal and the Occurrence of Autism: Negative Ecological Evidence From Danish Population-Based Data
Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen,Marlene Briciet Lauritsen,Carsten Bøcker Pedersen,Poul Thorsen,Anne-Marie Plesner,Peter H. Andersen,Preben Bo Mortensen +6 more
TL;DR: The ecological data do not support a correlation between thimerosal-containing vaccines and the incidence of autism.
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Validity of Childhood Autism in the Danish Psychiatric Central Register: Findings from a Cohort Sample Born 1990–1999
Marlene Briciet Lauritsen,Meta Jørgensen,Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen,Sanne Lemcke,Susanne Toft,Susanne Toft,Jakob Grove,Diana Schendel,Poul Thorsen +8 more
TL;DR: In 499 children diagnosed with childhood autism in the DPCR, the diagnosis could be confirmed in 469 children (94%) and 30 non-confirmed cases were classified by the reviewers as non-autistic cases and the remaining 25 cases were either classified with another ASD diagnosis or the specific diagnosis was not possible to determine.
Thimerosal and the Occurrence of Autism: Negative Ecological Evidence From
Anne-Marie Plesner,Peter Henrik Andersen,Preben Bo Mortensen,Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen,Marlene Briciet Lauritsen,Carsten Bøcker Pedersen,Poul Thorsen +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether discontinuing the use of thimerosal-containing vaccines in Denmark led to a decrease in the incidence of autism and found that there was no trend toward an increase in the prevalence of autism during the period from 1971-2000.