American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on August 11, 2008
American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 168(8):975; doi:10.1093/aje/kwn242
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THE AUTHORS REPLY
1 Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
2 Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece
3 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
(e-mail: cbamia@nut.uoa.gr)
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We thank Dr. Alexopoulos (1) for his interest in our work (2). In his letter, Dr. Alexopoulos expresses his concern regarding the appropriateness of using the ages of 60 or 65 years as cutoffs for defining retirement as early