Decimal errors occurred in the article by Verstraeten et al,titled "Safety of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines: A Two-PhasedStudy of Computerized Health Maintenance Organization Databases,"that was published in the November 2003 issue of Pediatrics(2003;112:10391048). On page 1039, right column (firstparagraph), the fifth sentence currently reads: "... may haveexceeded the 1995 EPA guidelines for exposure to organic Hg(1 µg/kg/d vs 3 µg/kg/d)... ." It should read: "...may have exceeded the 1995 EPA guidelines for exposure to organicHg (0.1 µg/kg/d vs 0.3 µg/kg/d)... ."
Also in this article, as indicated, Thomas Verstraeten, MD,was an employee of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionwhen he worked on the study. He is currently employed by GlaxoSmithKline.