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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 153, No. 11 : 1048-1049
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Bertazzi et al. Respond to Smith and Lopipero

Pier Alberto Bertazzi1,2, Dario Consonni2, Silvia Bachetti1, Maurizia Rubagotti2, Andrea Baccarelli1, Carlo Zocchetti2,3 and Angela C. Pesatori1,2

1 Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, EPOCA, Research Center for Occupational, Clinical and Environmental Epidemiology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
2 Unit of Epidemiology, Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy.
3 Regional Epidemiological Office, Health Directorate, Regione Lombardia, Milan, Italy.

Abbreviations: TCDD, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin


   INTRODUCTION
 
We thank Smith and Lopipero for their invited commentary (1Go), which we found appropriate and useful for interpreting the latest Seveso, Italy, findings (2Go). Human exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is widespread (3Go). Epidemiologic studies are essential to assessing the risk linked to the environmental contamination, and consistency in the findings enhances confidence in their results.

It is not surprising that, on . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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