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The statistical association between smoking and carcinoma of the lung. J Natl Cancer Inst (1953) 5.69
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THE ENVIRONMENT AND DISEASE: ASSOCIATION OR CAUSATION? Proc R Soc Med (1965) 40.52
MORTALITY IN RELATION TO SMOKING: TEN YEARS' OBSERVATIONS OF BRITISH DOCTORS. Br Med J (1964) 28.21
Lung cancer and other causes of death in relation to smoking; a second report on the mortality of British doctors. Br Med J (1956) 16.29
A study of the aetiology of carcinoma of the lung. Br Med J (1952) 13.36
MORTALITY IN RELATION TO SMOKING: TEN YEARS' OBSERVATIONS OF BRITISH DOCTORS. Br Med J (1964) 12.84
The age distribution of cancer and a multi-stage theory of carcinogenesis. Br J Cancer (1954) 11.33
The clinical trial. Br Med Bull (1951) 5.94
The separate inheritance of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Ann Eugen (1951) 5.85
Mortality from lung cancer in asbestos workers. Br J Ind Med (1955) 5.77
Mortality from primary tumours of bone in England and Wales. Br Med J (1961) 5.57
A two-stage theory of carcinogenesis in relation to the age distribution of human cancer. Br J Cancer (1957) 5.27
TREATMENT OF GASTRIC ULCER WITH CARBENOXOLONE SODIUM AND OESTROGENS. Gut (1965) 5.25
Cancer of the lung and nose in nickel workers. Br J Ind Med (1958) 4.81
The causes of death among gas-workers with special reference to cancer of the lung. Br J Ind Med (1952) 4.68
Adult leukaemia; trends in mortality in relation to aetiology. Br Med J (1959) 4.67
Effect of smoking on the production and maintenance of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Lancet (1958) 4.60
Inoculation and poliomyelitis; a statistical investigation in England and Wales in 1949. Br Med J (1950) 3.95
Observation and experiment. N Engl J Med (1953) 3.53
MEDICAL TREATMENT OF GASTRIC ULCER. Scott Med J (1964) 3.52
MORTALITY OF GASWORKERS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CANCERS OF THE LUNG AND BLADDER, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, AND PNEUMOCONIOSIS. Br J Ind Med (1965) 3.41
A STUDY OF THE AETIOLOGY OF CARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX UTERI. Br J Cancer (1964) 3.01
Bronchial carcinoma; incidence and aetiology. I. Br Med J (1953) 2.95
Asian influenza in pregnancy and congenital defects. Br J Prev Soc Med (1960) 2.95
Gastro-intestinal cancer and the use of liquid paraffin. Br J Cancer (1954) 2.88
Medical ethics and controlled trials. Br Med J (1963) 2.84
Lung cancer mortality and the length of cigarette ends; an international comparison. Br Med J (1959) 2.72
The clinical trial. N Engl J Med (1952) 2.62
Chemotherapy of pulmonary tuberculosis in young adults; an analysis of the combined results of three Medical Research Council trials. Br Med J (1952) 2.54
A study of the chromosome damage persisting after x-ray therapy for ankylosing spondylitis. Lancet (1962) 2.54
AGE AT ONSET OF LUNG CANCER: SIGNIFICANCE IN RELATION TO EFFECT OF SMOKING. Lancet (1965) 2.48
Expectation of life and mortality from cancer among British radiologists. Br Med J (1958) 2.44
Incidence of leukaemia after exposure to diagnostic radiation in utero. Br Med J (1960) 2.44
Secretion of blood group substances in duodenal, gastric and stomal ulcer, gastric carcinoma, and diabetes mellitus. Gut (1961) 2.43
A controlled clinical trial of long-term anticoagulant therapy in cerebrovascular disease. Q J Med (1960) 2.39
Cancer of the lung in relation to tobacco. Br J Cancer (1951) 2.26
Observations on blood group distribution in peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. Gut (1960) 2.24
Dietetic treatment of peptic ulcer. Lancet (1956) 2.21
Factors influencing the rate of healing of gastric ulcers; admission to hospital, phenobarbitone, and ascorbic acid. Lancet (1952) 2.19
An experimental factor analysis of cancer mortality in England and Wales 1921-30. J Hyg (Lond) (1952) 2.11
Poliomyelitis and the social environment. Br Med J (1949) 2.10
Cerebrovascular disease: trial of long-term anticoagulant therapy. Br Med J (1962) 2.00
Perforated carcinoma of the stomach simulating perforated gastric ulcer. Br Med J (1950) 1.74
Change of human chromosome count distribution with age: evidence for a sex differences. Nature (1963) 1.70
Distribution of human chromosome counts in relation to age. Nature (1961) 1.66
Mortality from lung cancer among non-smokers. Br J Cancer (1953) 1.60
Environmental factors in the aetiology of cancer of the stomach. Gastroenterologia (1956) 1.59
The significance of cell type in relation to the aetiology of lung cancer. Br J Cancer (1957) 1.59
Continuous intragastric milk drip in treatment of uncomplicated gastric ulcer. Lancet (1956) 1.56
Geographical variation in leukaemia mortality in relation to background radiation and other factors. Br Med J (1960) 1.54
Bronchial carcinoma: incidence and aetiology. Br Med J (1953) 1.53
CANCER: THE POSSIBILITIES. Br Med J (1965) 1.51
Occupational lung cancer: a review. Br J Ind Med (1959) 1.37
Gastric secretion and subsequent dyspepsia; a follow-up study. Lancet (1949) 1.30
The mortality from leukaemia and other cancers among patients with Down's syndrome (mongols) and among their parents. Br J Cancer (1962) 1.29
Virus diseases in pregnancy and congenital defects. Br J Prev Soc Med (1958) 1.26
DIETARY FACTORS IN CARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH: A STUDY OF 100 CASES AND 200 CONTROLS. Gut (1964) 1.24
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CAUSATION. Gut (1964) 1.18
Etiology of lung cancer. Adv Cancer Res (1955) 1.18
Geographical distribution of primary tumours of bone in England and Wales. Br J Prev Soc Med (1961) 1.16
Interpretation of chromosome counts made on bone-marrow cells. Lancet (1960) 1.16
Clinical trial of Robaden and of cabbage juice in the treatment of gastric ulcer. Lancet (1954) 1.13
The risks of gastroscopy. A survey of 49,000 examinations. Lancet (1951) 1.12
Treatment and prognosis of acute perforated peptic ulcer. Br Med J (1953) 1.02
The clinical trial. Practitioner (1963) 1.01
The experimental approach in preventive medicine. I. The problems of experiments in man. J R Inst Public Health (1958) 1.00
The risk of gastric cancer after medical treatment for gastric ulcer. Gastroenterologia (1957) 0.96
Leukaemia and aplastic anaemia in patients irradiated for ankylosing spondylitis. Spec Rep Ser Med Res Counc (G B) (1957) 0.95
INTERPRETATIONS OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA. Cancer Res (1963) 0.91
The carcinogenic risk of radiation human leukemia. Acta Unio Int Contra Cancrum (1960) 0.89
International survey of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia, 1958-59: epidemiological aspects. Pathol Microbiol (Basel) (1961) 0.89
Lung cancer and tobacco; the B.M.J.'s questions answered. Br Med J (1956) 0.87
Recent statistics of carbon monoxide poisoning; report to the medical research council. Br Med J (1956) 0.87
Occupational factors in the aetiology of gastric and duodenal ulcers with an estimate of their incidence in the general population. Spec Rep Ser Med Res Counc (G B) (1951) 0.85
Lung cancer and cigarette smoking. Acta Unio Int Contra Cancrum (1959) 0.84
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CANCER IN MAN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AGE. Acta Unio Int Contra Cancrum (1964) 0.82
Smoking and peptic ulcer. Schweiz Z Pathol Bakteriol (1958) 0.80
Dose-response relationship in radiation leukaemia. Nature (1959) 0.79
Deaths from poliomyelitis among British doctors. Br Med J (1957) 0.79
Smoking and lung cancer. Br Med J (1953) 0.79
Bronchial carcinoma: incidence and aetiology. Med World (1954) 0.78
Snow; an appreciation. Proc R Soc Med (1955) 0.78
Cancer subjects and abnormal cell division. Nature (1962) 0.78
Studies in the incidence of cancer in a factory handling inorganic compounds of arsenic; mortality experience in the factory. Br J Ind Med (1948) 0.78
On the etiology of lung cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst (1950) 0.78
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A study of the aetiology of carcinoma of the lung. Pak J Health (1953) 0.77
Triterpenoid liquorice compound in gastric and duodenal ulcer. Lancet (1962) 0.76