The Authors Respond

Eugenio Traini¹, Anke Huss¹, Lützen Portengen¹, Matti Rookus², W M Monique Verschuren^{3

4}, Roel C H Vermeulen¹, Andrea Bellavia^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ From the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Department of Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
⁴ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Eugenio Traini et al. Epidemiology. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 1;33(6):e21-e22.

doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001531. Epub 2022 Oct 5.

Eugenio Traini¹, Anke Huss¹, Lützen Portengen¹, Matti Rookus², W M Monique Verschuren^{3

4}, Roel C H Vermeulen¹, Andrea Bellavia^{1

5}

¹ From the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Department of Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
⁴ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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