|
|
Article: American Cancer Society Study Finds No Association Between Exposure To Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and Breast Cancer Mortality.
- Article from:
- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- October 17, 2000
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 PR Newswire Association LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
ATLANTA, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ --
A study of nearly 150,000 never-smoking women found no association between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and breast cancer mortality, reports a team of researchers from the American Cancer Society, the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These results disagree with previous studies that reported an increase in breast cancer risk among women exposed to ETS. However, the prospective design, the large number of women involved, and the reporting of ETS by both spouses give credence to the current study.
The study followed a group of 146,488 never-smoking ...