Lung Cancer and Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in the Household
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 6 September 1990
Dwight T. Janerich, W. Douglas Thompson, Luis Ricardo Vásquez Varela, Peter Greenwald, Sherry Chorost, Christopher Tucci
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The findings regarding exposure during early life suggest that approximately 17 percent of lung cancers among nonsmokers can be attributed to high levels of exposure to cigarette smoke during childhood and adolescence.
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The possibility of recall bias and other methodologic problems may influence the results of case-control studies of environmental tobacco smoke. Nonetheless, our findings regarding exposure during early life suggest that approximately 17 percent of lung cancers among nonsmokers can be attributed to high levels of exposure to cigarette smoke during childhood and adolescence.
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