Misclassification of Smoking Habits and Passive Smoking
Author | : P.N. Lee |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2013-03-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783642738227 |
ISBN-13 | : 3642738222 |
Rating | : 4/5 (222 Downloads) |
Download or read book Misclassification of Smoking Habits and Passive Smoking written by P.N. Lee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!