How accurate are statements about smoking habits? This book presents the results of a comprehensive review in which the literature on the subject is newly interpreted. It is shown that smokers are misclassified as non-smokers in epidemiological studies often enough to explain the increased lung cancer risk seen in self-reported non-smokers in relation to their spouse's smoking habits. This study overturns the commonly held view that increased risk is a consequence of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and highlights the difficulty of making valid inferences from epidemiological data. No-one should draw conclusions about passive smoking before reading this book!
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783540194255
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94815004
Product Key Features
Author
P.N. Lee
Publication Name
Misclassification of Smoking Habits and Passive Smoking: a Review of the Evidence
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Mathematics, Healthcare System
Publication Year
1988
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
103 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
244mm
Item Width
170mm
Item Weight
235g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
P.N. Lee
Series Title
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. Supplement
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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