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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 153, No. 4 : 323-324
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Sont et al. Respond to "Studies of Workers Exposed to Low Doses of Radiation"

W. N. Sont1, J. M. Zielinski2, J. P. Ashmore1, H. Jiang3, D. Krewski4, M. E. Fair5, P. R. Band2 and E. G. Létourneau1

1 Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2 Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3 Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
4 Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
5 Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


   INTRODUCTION
 
We thank Dr. Gilbert for her thorough commentary (1Go) on our paper (2Go). Its many useful comments and its additional tabulation will help put the paper into perspective.

In the commentary, Dr. Gilbert focuses on the excess relative risk calculations and identifies various forms of bias. We acknowledge the possibility that our excess relative risks may have been overestimated. We do . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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