ets exposure, lung cancer - Legacy Tobacco Documents Library

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TABLE 5.6
NMSMOG
HlSTOLOGY OF LUNG CANCER CASES
Mestoioqicai Type Idai. F.male
Large al carcinoma 1
Circnortsa NOS 1 1
&quamous ca1 carcinoma t
Adenocarcinoma 4 4
Unknown 1
For females, cases occurred in the age range of 55 to 94 years while for
maes, cases were fimqed to t?» 55-84 yaar aqe range . The disvifwtton
of ncident cases, person yeafs and incidence rates by ten year ape
groups for the two ETS exposures o( antereat-years frved with a smoker
and years worked with a smoker--are presanted in Tables 5 .7 and 5 .8
respectrvely . There is an ncreaserd risk for age, however, the lacsc ot
sufticaent cases prevent a carefui assessment of trend across passNe
smokinq exposures .
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