Am J Epidemiol 2003; 158:1227.
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Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
RE: "ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE AND RISK OF MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA IN PET CATS"
Thame Thrombosis and Haemostasis Research Foundation, Thame, Oxon OX9 3NY, United Kingdom
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The paper by Elizabeth Bertone et al. (1) on environmental tobacco smoke exposure and the increased risk of malignant lymphoma in pet cats is unconvincing.
For the association of active smoking in humans and risk of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, most large studies have shown no increased risk. A recent review of all cohort and
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