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Re: Linearity of covariates and radon exposure
I do not assume linearity of lung cancer risk with smoking. I use
the BEIR treatments. Note that the BEIR Committees include
epidemiologists.
Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc@pitt.edu
web site: http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, John Jacobus wrote:
> Since I do not smoke, should I be added to the data
> pool in evaluating the risk from smoking?
>
>
> --- "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@UCDAVIS.EDU> wrote:
> > June 26, 2003
> >
> > The currently accepted model for chemical
> > Carcinogenesis is an LNT model.
> > Hence, the cancer risk from cigarette smoking is
> > considered to be LNT.
> > Thus, ecological fallacy may not apply to the
> > distribution of smokers, and
> > the cancer risk will depend on the total number of
> > cigarettes smoked rather
> > than on who smokes them.
> >
> > Otto
> >
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> > University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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