To the Editor: I request that our letter to the editor, "Injuriesafter a Typhoon in China,"1 be retracted because much of itwas previously published in Chinese journals.2,3
Zhenyu Gong, M.P.H. Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention Hangzhou 310009, China 87235011@163.com
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Gong Z, Chai C, Tu C, et al. Epidemiologic study of the present status of injury to the population caused by typhoon Yunna. Natl Med J China 2005;85:3007-9. (In Chinese.)
Gong Z, Chai C, Tu C, et al. A field epidemiological study on the risk factors of injury caused by typhoon. Chin J Epidemiol 2006;27:773-6. (In Chinese.)
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