American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on February 22, 2006
American Journal of Epidemiology 2006 163(8):779; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj105
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RE: "EFFECT OF SMOKING ON DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY: A REEXAMINATION OF DATA FROM THE NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH"
1 Institute for Child Youth and Family Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454
2 Central Valley Health Policy Institute, Department of Health Science, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740
(e-mail: goodman@brandeis.edu)
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In a recent issue of the Journal, Duncan and Rees (1
) conclude that "reexamination" of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health indicates that there is no association between smoking and depressive symptoms for US adolescents. Their study was based in large part on our prior work, which identified such an association (2
). Although we are not challenging the
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B. Duncan and D. I. Rees THE AUTHORS REPLY Am. J. Epidemiol., April 15, 2006; 163(8): 780 - 781. [Full Text] [PDF] |
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