Original articleAn alternative explanation for the apparent elevated relative mortality and morbidity risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke☆
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From 1989 to 1991 we undertook a preliminary analysis of the kinds of investigations that could test our hypotheses that the apparent increase in lung cancer and other diseases in some homes of smoking spouses are due to confounding with socioeconomic and especially occupation-related variables. Our investigation included two small case-control studies, one at the Roger Williams General Hospital under the direction of Dr. Arvin Glicksman and the second at the Sinai Hospital in Detroit under the direction of Dr. Harold Perry; the second study included a population survey under the direction of Dr. David Sterling. Our work was supported by a grant from the British American Tobacco Company.
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