Am J Epidemiol 2003; 158:1021-1022.
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Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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THE AUTHORS REPLY
School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
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We thank Drs. Ebbert, Yang, and Tomar for their observations (1). Although we understand and agree with some of their concerns about our study (2), we believe that they are consequent to limitations of the database used in this research, limitations that were beyond our control, and concerns