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Am J Epidemiol 2003; 157:87-88.
Copyright © 2003 by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE AUTHORS REPLY

Lucinda J. England1, Juliette S. Kendrick2 and Paul M. Gargiullo3

1 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
2 Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341
3 Cancer Surveillance Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341

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We thank Dr. Papoz for his observations (1) on our paper (2). His comments underscore the uncertainty that remains regarding the mechanism through which smoking affects fetal growth. As Dr. Papoz pointed out, maternal nutrition is hypothesized to mediate intrauterine growth restriction in infants born to smokers. While the extent of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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