Electric blanket use and breast cancer - new study

[Kenneth R. Foster]

A study in Sept. 15 issue of Am. J. Epidemiol. concludes that

"these data do not support the hypothesis that electric blanket use
increases breast cancer risk among women under age 55 years."

This was a case-control study (2,199 case patients under age 55 years and
2,009 controls).

Adjusted odds ratio = 1.01, 95% confidence interval 0.86-1.18).

See
Electric Blanket Use and Breast Cancer Risk among Younger Women. Marilie D.
Gammon, Janet B. Schoenberg, Julie A. Britton, Jennifer L. Kelsey, Janet L.
Stanford, Kathleen E. Malone, Ralph J. Coates, Donna J. Brogan, Nancy
Potischman, Christine A. Swanson, and Louise A. Brinton, Am J Epidemiol
1998;148:556-63.

for abstract see

http://www.jhsph.edu/Publications/JEPI/sep298/gammon.htm

Kenneth R Foster
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