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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 132, No. 3: 418-422
Copyright © 1990 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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CIGARETTE SMOKING AND ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

RICHARD K. SEVERSON1,, SCOTT DAVIS2, LINDA HEUSER3, JANET R. DALING2 and DAVID B. THOMAS2

1Divisions of Epidemiology and Pediatric Oncology, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
2Program in Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA
3Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL

Reprint requests to Richard K. Severson, Ph.D., Divisions of Epidemiology and Pediatric Oncology, Box 422 UMHC, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455

In a case-control study of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia in western Washington state, cigarette smokers experienced a twofold increased risk of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia compared with nonsmokers. Risk increased significantly with the number of pack-years smoked (p=0.0008) and decreased with the number of years stopped smoking (p=0.15). The increased risk in smokers appeared to be limited to those who inhaled into the chest. The authors suggest that further studies of this potential relation are warranted, especially since the prevalence of cigarette smoking is relatively high in our society.

leukemia, nonlymphocytic, acute; smoking


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