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When it states; Analysis of 37 published epidemiological studies of
the risk of lung cancer (4626 cases) in non-smokers who did and did not
live with a smoker.
Does this mean there were 37 different studies, and in all the
studies exactly 4626 people were used, and if that is the case, in all
these 37 study’s and 4626 people, how many people actually got lung
cancer, or did they work it out some other way, and if they did get actual
lung cancer were they smokers or non-smokers, and in the 37 studies, how
long did each study last for, did any of these study’s take into account,
car fumes, factory and general pollutants in the air, and one last
question, if there were 37 study’s with non-smokers with smoking partners,
were there 37 study’s that took into account 4626 people who were non-
smokers with non-smoking partners.
Could you please e-mail me the response.
Wayne
Competing interests:
I am a former DR, and very interested in studys like like, and now working for th BBC
Does this mean
Dear Sir or Madam,
When it states; Analysis of 37 published epidemiological studies of
the risk of lung cancer (4626 cases) in non-smokers who did and did not
live with a smoker.
In this page;
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/315/7114/980#Methods
Does this mean there were 37 different studies, and in all the
studies exactly 4626 people were used, and if that is the case, in all
these 37 study’s and 4626 people, how many people actually got lung
cancer, or did they work it out some other way, and if they did get actual
lung cancer were they smokers or non-smokers, and in the 37 studies, how
long did each study last for, did any of these study’s take into account,
car fumes, factory and general pollutants in the air, and one last
question, if there were 37 study’s with non-smokers with smoking partners,
were there 37 study’s that took into account 4626 people who were non-
smokers with non-smoking partners.
Could you please e-mail me the response.
Wayne
Competing interests:
I am a former DR, and very interested in studys like like, and now working for th BBC
Competing interests: No competing interests