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Misclassification of Smoking Habits and Passive Smoking

A Review of the Evidence

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  • © 1988

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  1. Peter N. Lee

    1. Sutton, Surrey, UK

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter N. Lee
    Pages 1-6

  3. General Considerations

    • Peter N. Lee
    Pages 7-16

  4. Evidence on Misclassification

    • Peter N. Lee
    Pages 17-61

  5. Overview and Unanswered Questions

    • Peter N. Lee
    Pages 62-64

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 65-103
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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!

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  • Sutton, Surrey, UK

    Peter N. Lee

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