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Am J Epidemiol 2003; 157:1052.
Copyright © 2003 by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AS A RISK FACTOR FOR NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY"

Jingcai Zhu1, Kangmin Zhu1, Robert S. Levine2 and Lee S. Caplan3

1 Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.
2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208.
3 Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310.

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We read with great interest the recent article on non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) by Drs. Chow and Holly (1), in which no transfusion-NHL association was reported after transfusions in the past year of the study were excluded. This study, in conjunction with another recent investigation which found that an increased risk of NHL was associated with only blood transfusions received within 3 months of NHL diagnosis . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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