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The risk of coronary heart disease in non-smokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke: a rejoinder to Gross

✍ Scribed by K. Stephen Brown

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 131 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 1180-4009
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-095x(199803/04)9:2<213::aid-env298>3.0.co;2-#

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✦ Synopsis

This article addresses the claim by Gross in this issue that estimates of coronary heart disease deaths due to environmental tobacco smoke are indefensible. Gross's interpretation of his data is questioned on statistical inference grounds. The three new studies which he introduces are discussed and the data are reanalysed based on a model which is more consistent with what is known about smoking and coronary heart disease. This analysis reveals that there is a statistically signi®cant association between exposure to ETS and CHD, and that almost regardless of the assumed values for some parameters, the number of CHD deaths due to ETS represents a very signi®cant public health concern.

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