RE: Puskin article[Scanned]

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@yahoo.com>]

Actually, I did not ask for any estimates or

statistics from either you or Dr. Puskin, but actual

death certificate numerations.  



However, I do understand your need to defend your

studies at every opportunity.



--- BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@pitt.edu> wrote:

> 

> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, John Jacobus wrote:

> 

> > My question has always been, what is the

> correlation

> > between non-smokers, radon and lung cancer?  How

> good

> > are the statistics when only these three variables

> are

> > considered?  I would think that this goes to the

> heart

> > of the question by eliminating the issue of

> smoking

> > althogether.

> 

> 	--In my response to Puskin, Item #15 on my web

> site, I show that

> no possible correlation between radon and smoking

> prevalence can support

> the Puskin suggestion, regardless of what is assumed

> about smoking

> prevalences. I would think this answers your

> question. Errors in our

> smoking prevalences, which is what Puskin suggests,

> cannot explain the

> problem.

> 





=====

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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