TY - JOUR T1 - Response to: ‘Are children more vulnerable to mesothelioma than adults? A comparison of mesothelioma risk among children and adults exposed non-occupationally to blue asbestos at Wittenoom’ by Reid <em>et al</em> JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 355 LP - 355 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2018-105637 VL - 76 IS - 5 AU - Andrea Farioli AU - Paolo Boffetta AU - Stefania Curti AU - Giacomo Garzaro AU - Carlo La Vecchia AU - Stefano Mattioli AU - Giovanna Spatari AU - Francesco Saverio Violante Y1 - 2019/05/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/76/5/355.abstract N2 - Dear Sir,We read with interest the paper published by Reid and colleagues.1 The authors aimed at comparing the risk of mesothelioma among those first exposed to asbestos as children with those first exposed as adults. In a cohort of 4704 people living near an asbestos mine and mill, they observed higher rates of mesothelioma among residents first exposed after the age of 15 years compared with those exposed during the childhood. We have a couple of concerns regarding the interpretation and the validity of the findings from Reid et al.1 The authors noted that ‘The mesothelioma rate was lower among children than adults by categories of time since first … ER -