American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on August 30, 2006
American Journal of Epidemiology 2006 164(7):706-707; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj291
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THE AUTHORS REPLY
1 Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
2 Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
(e-mail: colin.edwards@osumc.edu)
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We thank Dr. Nordström for his observations (1
). In the "Conclusion" section of our article, we stated, "[O]ur data support the hypothesis that loud noise exposure is a