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To the Editor: Lie et al. (July 7 issue)¹ report that if a woman's first child had a birth defect, the risk of her second child's being affected was increased, but that this excess risk in the second child was lower if the woman moved after the birth of her first child than if she stayed in the same place. They attribute this difference to environment.

There are a number of other explanations for this result. First, women who move to another municipality are likely to differ in a number of ways from those who do not move, with regard . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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