Abstract
As has already been clearly demonstrated, keeping birds as pets in the home contributes greatly to indoor air pollution (Bourne 1975). As described in the previous chapter, we found an association between keeping pet birds and lung cancer in a general practice survey conducted in the Hague between 1972 and 1981. In order to follow up this finding, it was decided to conduct a case-control study to provide an independent test of the hypothesis. This study and its results are described in this chapter.
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Holst, P.A.J. (1991). Hospital Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer and Bird Keeping. In: Bird Keeping as a Source of Lung Cancer and Other Human Diseases. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Supplement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76342-7_3
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