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Table 4

SMOKING AND LUNG CANCER CASE-CONTROL STUDIES BEFORE 1950


Author	No. of men		Per cent of:
			Non-smokers		Heavy smokers
	Lung cancer	Controls	Lung cancer	Controls	Lung cancer	Controls

Müller, 1939, Germany	86	86	3.5	16.3	65	36
Schairer & Schöniger, 1943, Germany	93	270	3.2	15.9	52	27
Wassink, 1948, Holland	134	100	4.5	19.0	55	19

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