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American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on July 17, 2006
American Journal of Epidemiology 2006 164(4):315-316; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj239
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American Journal of Epidemiology Copyright © 2006 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health All rights reserved; printed in U.S.A.

Response to Invited Commentary

Basso et al. Respond to "Simple Models for a Complicated Reality"

Olga Basso1, Allen J. Wilcox1 and Clarice R. Weinberg2

1 Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC
2 Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC

Correspondence to Dr. Olga Basso, Epidemiology Branch, MD A3-05, NIEHS, NIH, HHS, P.O. Box 12233, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (e-mail: bassoo2@niehs.nih.gov).

Received for publication March 24, 2006. Accepted for publication April 25, 2006.

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The commentary by Schisterman and Hernández-Díaz (1Go) on our paper (2Go) underscores the challenge facing anyone who wishes to analyze birth weight and understand its implications for public health. There is a spectrum of possible explanations for the characteristic U shape of the weight-specific mortality curve (figure 1). At one extreme, the mortality curve . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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