Cohen ecologic nonsense

["Thomas Jones" <TAJ@law.com>]

Dr. Cohen,



I think you have been caught.  I find it hard to believe you forgot 

about a letter you responded to yourself.  Surley, you knew your 

inverse findings are also seen for other smoking related cancers and 

your acknowlwdged ignorance on the subject is very telling.  The 

scientific method dictates (if you assume your study is actually 

valid) that you explain why other smoking related cancers also have 

an inverse coorelation.  I have spoken to numerous epidemiologists 

and they think Dr. Field's assertion that your findings are due to 

residual confounding from smoking (and co-correlated inter county 

factors) are very valid. Especailly since the inverse assocaition 

occurs for other smoking related cancers.  If the inverse association 

was due to radon, it would not be seeen for other cancers not 

associated with radon.



Obviously, the points raised by Dr. Field are valid and you continue 

to use smoke and mirrors to allude them.  You never responded 

directly to most of his posting and in fact never directly responded 

to Field's rejoinder or his last letter to the editor published in 

the Health Physics Journal.  You could respond point by point on this 

forum.   Your continuing insistance that all criticisms have been 

answered is ridiculous.



Now, I promise - this is my last post.



Thomas Jones



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