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cancer end ont from the Ienert,t popu4tan . an neirCSed
6ot cese•control comp.ntont Ddfetentul reutl brc.Yrn
a+ses end co4on cancer tontrofs should bs te+m+mutd
Nnce both `roups are umlLriy tesosrvited to rec.aU earyer
eraaoaxrs .
{dl S~~e of p?S f .DOSUre M+fon+utan on dttdlsood
taposutes from a fether, mothtr, and other hosnehotd
enemben end adult e.posuret from hutb+rdlsl, t>tdser
household memben . and occvy4tran+l end nocul ae .
esMV 'r oblorned br quetironrur+t The riti etsoc+sted
vnth nposurt to 1rTS from dd(ennr tewrca enE iuusR
dd(erent time perrod, ean be tv .tuaud
fe! Confoundtn and C)ther Rnt rKton Rtuwe the
ru=nwude of the m+tn ETS tlleet rt etpttud to be veu11 .
h rr iMponlnt 7o tltt rntolctov'Ir porentylcOnfoVndtnj
tanorc and t(feci mod,rY,nt 411111 sn , pudy w-+th a
wfhcnnlly farte number ot eetts end eOnuols h et
ttnhcrpated that upon complelwn of thrs ttudy ebout fA0
utes and twrce th4t ewmbei o( controh wiA have
p&nrctp+ted
Thrs rtpon reprerents frndutp fro+n Nx c>rsWn ;
t ;tudy and Mx(udet the Lrtett nurnber of fr/etrmt non•
tmolt't vrfth iunS tencert repaned to date Thn report
wit (th to ba tuttified {-ventht public htttth wnpon .nce
of the tfsue under m,tsi,}ttron
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Methods
The s,udr is e popu4rion•based cese-conrrol ttudy of
tune c .ncer rn .wor*en who ha .t ne~er t»ed .nT tobacco
prodvrt This prr6enrv-y trpon rnctudes eeses du=•
nosed dur,nl the hru three rer*t (Decemtxr t, 11d5
Ihrou'^ December 31, I9S6, ol a S-yar ttudy At the
rme o( d4) .+os s uses wert residems of one of (rvt
nujor rnerropoLUn areis rhrouthout the tJnned Sutes
(nclud^g Atlanta (CLt'ton Cobb Dea.tb Fuhon, and
Gwrnnt'I countr