American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on September 18, 2007
American Journal of Epidemiology 2007 166(9):1106-1107; doi:10.1093/aje/kwm262
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THE AUTHOR REPLIES
From the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782
(e-mail: KKeppel@cdc.gov)
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I thank Drs. Chang and So for their letter (1). Chang and So were surprised not to find chronic hepatitis B in Asians and Pacific Islanders among the 10 largest US health disparities in my article (2). There are several reasons for this. The studies they cite are based on the prevalence of