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13 Cancers Other than Lung Cancer
Pages 250-256

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From page 250...
... Primary cigar and pipe smokers face a somewhat lower risk for cancer of the Jung than cigarette smokers, but their risk for cancer of the larynx, pharynx, oral cavity, and esophagus is sunilar if not greater than that of cigarette smokers (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1982~.
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From page 251...
... The relative risks were not given, but they were reported to be insignificant. However, a relationship between ETS exposure in nonsmokers and nasal sinus cancer was noted, with rate ratios for the aforementioned exposure categories of 1.7, 2.0, and 2.6, respectively (see Table IBM.
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From page 252...
... study, based on a cohort of 91,450 nonsmoking Japanese women, suggested an increased mortality from brain tumors among women whose husbands smoked. The rate ratios were 3.0, 6.3, and 4.3 for exposure to husbands smoking 1-14, 1~19, or 20 or more cigarettes per day, as compared with nonsmok~ng wives of nonsmoking husbands as the reference group.
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From page 253...
... . There were no significantly increased risks indicated for ad sites or for specific cancers.
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From page 254...
... , for recruiting controls through two separate mechanisms, for conducting interviews in two different ways (telephone interviews or mailed questionnaires) , and for insufficient information on other variables known to be risk factors for the various cancers that have been studied in these reports (Burch, 1985; Friedman, 1986; Mantel, 1986~.
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From page 255...
... The lack of consistency with other data on tumors among children of smoking mothers and the appearance of tumors that are not clearly smoking-related call for further epidern~ologic research. Any new studies in this area will, hopefully, have a very careful, rigorous design, so that more definitive evaluation of this possible health hazard from ETS exposure is possible.
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From page 256...
... Hirayama, T Cancer mortality in nonsmoking women with smoking husbands based on a large scale cohort study in Japan.
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