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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 153, No. 3 : 307-308
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "CIGARETTE SMOKING AND SUICIDE: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 300,000 MALE ACTIVE-DUTY ARMY SOLDIERS"

George Davey Smith and Andrew N. Phillips

Canynge Hall Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 2PR, United Kingdom
Department of Primary Care and Population Science Royal Free and University College Medical School Rowland Hill Street London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom


   INTRODUCTION
 
Miller et al. (1Go) provide yet another replication of the association between cigarette smoking and suicide in the United States. The paper brings to mind Kuller's recent strictures against "circular epidemiology" (2Go). What is the point of this paper? Many studies have shown the same thing in US populations, and these include studies with better follow-up, better data on potential confounders, and greater statistical power. The authors state, "... several [studies] included too few suicides to effectively control for characteristics common to both smokers and suicides" (1, p. 1060), and cite a paper of ours (intended to be a methodological commentary, rather than of substantive interest) in this regard (3Go. . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Matthew Miller, David Hemenway, Nicole Bell, Michelle Yore and Paul Amoroso

Department of Health Policy and Management Harvard University School of Public Health Boston, MA 02115
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Boston University School of Public Health Boston, MA 02118
US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine Natick, MA 01760-5007


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