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  1. Hozefa A Divan1,
  2. Leeka Kheifets2,
  3. Carsten Obel3,
  4. Jørn Olsen2,3
  1. 1Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
  2. 2Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
  3. 3Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
  1. Correspondence to Dr Hozefa A Divan, Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP-222S, MC-90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA; divan{at}usc.edu

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We would like to thank Dr Aarstad1 for his interest in our work. We noted in the ‘Results’ section2 that the rates of cell phone use increased during the time of our study. For instance, the percentage of mothers using a cell phone during pregnancy increased from 21% to 46% from the birth years 1998 to 2001. And as stated in our conclusion, we do not rule out the possibility that uncontrolled confounding may play a role in our observed associations.

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  • Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the Danish Data Protection Agency UCLA Office for the Protection of Human Subjects.

  • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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