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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(24):1826-1827; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.24.1826
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 24, 1826-1827, December 18, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

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Guilt by Association? Some Cancer Epidemiology Favorites

Nancy Volkers

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

You may have seen the titles of some published cancer research articles and wondered: Why? Why study the relationship between owning a pet bird and lung cancer? Why study cancer risk in Lapps who herd reindeer?

Actually, valuable information can be obtained from such studies, though they may sound a bit frivolous at first blush. Below we have compiled results from some of these studies that have been published over the last decade or so, with some background on why anyone would study this stuff in the first place. The citations for the articles used for this story are available as an online supplement at http://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org.

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