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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Body-mass index and mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults.
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N Engl J Med
|
1999
|
16.57
|
|
2
|
Particulate air pollution as a predictor of mortality in a prospective study of U.S. adults.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
1995
|
15.80
|
|
3
|
The effect of age on the association between body-mass index and mortality.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1998
|
13.94
|
|
4
|
Tobacco and cancer: recent epidemiological evidence.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2004
|
4.83
|
|
5
|
Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer (1973 through 1998), featuring cancers with recent increasing trends.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2001
|
4.26
|
|
6
|
Cigarette smoking and colorectal cancer mortality in the cancer prevention study II.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2000
|
4.20
|
|
7
|
Demographic predictors of mammography and Pap smear screening in US women.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1993
|
3.94
|
|
8
|
Epidemiology and costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
|
Eur Respir J
|
2006
|
3.89
|
|
9
|
Prospective study of military service and mortality from ALS.
|
Neurology
|
2005
|
3.59
|
|
10
|
Estrogen replacement therapy and ovarian cancer mortality in a large prospective study of US women.
|
JAMA
|
2001
|
3.36
|
|
11
|
Health risks associated with cigar smoking.
|
JAMA
|
2000
|
3.36
|
|
12
|
Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973-1996, with a special section on lung cancer and tobacco smoking.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
1999
|
3.19
|
|
13
|
A candidate gene approach to searching for low-penetrance breast and prostate cancer genes.
|
Nat Rev Cancer
|
2005
|
2.62
|
|
14
|
Passive smoking exposure and female breast cancer mortality.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2000
|
2.48
|
|
15
|
Video display terminals and the risk of spontaneous abortion.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1991
|
2.44
|
|
16
|
Mortality among a cohort of U.S. cadmium production workers--an update.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
1985
|
2.36
|
|
17
|
Occupational and other exposures associated with male end-stage renal disease: a case/control study.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1990
|
2.26
|
|
18
|
Body mass index, height, and prostate cancer mortality in two large cohorts of adult men in the United States.
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2001
|
2.17
|
|
19
|
Diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer mortality in a prospective cohort of United States adults.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
1998
|
2.04
|
|
20
|
Increased cancer mortality following a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
|
JAMA
|
1998
|
2.02
|
|
21
|
Predictors of pancreatic cancer mortality among a large cohort of United States adults.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2000
|
1.97
|
|
22
|
Validity of self-reported cancers in a prospective cohort study in comparison with data from state cancer registries.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1998
|
1.95
|
|
23
|
Body mass index and colon cancer mortality in a large prospective study.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2000
|
1.91
|
|
24
|
Demographic and geographic variability of kidney stones in the United States.
|
Kidney Int
|
1994
|
1.75
|
|
25
|
Validation of the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Survey Cohort Food Frequency Questionnaire.
|
Epidemiology
|
2000
|
1.73
|
|
26
|
Temporal relationship between cigarette smoking and risk of Parkinson disease.
|
Neurology
|
2007
|
1.59
|
|
27
|
Prospective study of cigarette smoking and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2004
|
1.57
|
|
28
|
Multivitamin use and mortality in a large prospective study.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2000
|
1.50
|
|
29
|
Methodological issues in estimating smoking-attributable mortality in the United States.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2000
|
1.50
|
|
30
|
Determinants of DNA yield and quality from buccal cell samples collected with mouthwash.
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2001
|
1.49
|
|
31
|
Estrogen replacement therapy and risk of fatal colon cancer in a prospective cohort of postmenopausal women.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
1995
|
1.48
|
|
32
|
Cigar smoking in men and risk of death from tobacco-related cancers.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2000
|
1.46
|
|
33
|
Work-related injuries in minors.
|
Am J Ind Med
|
1988
|
1.44
|
|
34
|
Use of permanent hair dyes and bladder-cancer risk.
|
Int J Cancer
|
2001
|
1.43
|
|
35
|
Consequences of the use of different measures of effect to determine the impact of age on the association between obesity and mortality.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1999
|
1.38
|
|
36
|
The body mass index-mortality relationship in white and African American women.
|
Obes Res
|
1998
|
1.38
|
|
37
|
Prospective study of chemical exposures and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
|
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
|
2009
|
1.38
|
|
38
|
Sun exposure and sun-protection behaviors and attitudes among U.S. youth, 11 to 18 years of age.
|
Prev Med
|
2001
|
1.31
|
|
39
|
Cigar smoking and death from coronary heart disease in a prospective study of US men.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1999
|
1.30
|
|
40
|
The work-relatedness of renal disease.
|
Arch Environ Health
|
1984
|
1.30
|
|
41
|
Smoking and fatal prostate cancer in a large cohort of adult men.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1997
|
1.28
|
|
42
|
Stable behaviors associated with adults' 10-year change in body mass index and likelihood of gain at the waist.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1997
|
1.25
|
|
43
|
Why is environmental tobacco smoke more strongly associated with coronary heart disease than expected? A review of potential biases and experimental data.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
1999
|
1.24
|
|
44
|
Genome-wide meta-analyses of smoking behaviors in African Americans.
|
Transl Psychiatry
|
2012
|
1.23
|
|
45
|
Cigarette smoking and risk of fatal breast cancer.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1994
|
1.19
|
|
46
|
Symptom survey of residents of homes insulated with urea--formaldehyde foam.
|
Environ Res
|
1982
|
1.19
|
|
47
|
Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer mortality in the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study. II.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
1997
|
1.19
|
|
48
|
Patterns of inpatient surgeries for the top four cancers in the United States, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1988-95.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2000
|
1.16
|
|
49
|
Multivitamin use and colon cancer mortality in the Cancer Prevention Study II cohort (United States).
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2001
|
1.13
|
|
50
|
Family history and risk of fatal prostate cancer.
|
Epidemiology
|
1997
|
1.12
|
|
51
|
Family history, age, and risk of fatal breast cancer.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1993
|
1.09
|
|
52
|
Tubal ligation and fatal ovarian cancer in a large prospective cohort study.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1997
|
1.08
|
|
53
|
Deaths from hematopoietic and other cancers in relation to permanent hair dye use in a large prospective study (United States).
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
1999
|
1.03
|
|
54
|
Renal toxicity in uranium mill workers.
|
Scand J Work Environ Health
|
1985
|
1.03
|
|
55
|
Diethylstilbestrol and risk of fatal breast cancer in a prospective cohort of US women.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1996
|
1.01
|
|
56
|
Comprehensive analysis of hormone and genetic variation in 36 genes related to steroid hormone metabolism in pre- and postmenopausal women from the breast and prostate cancer cohort consortium (BPC3).
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2010
|
1.00
|
|
57
|
Chronic renal tubular effects in relation to urine cadmium levels.
|
Nephron
|
1989
|
0.99
|
|
58
|
Evaluation of WHO and NHANES II standards for overweight using mortality rates.
|
J Am Diet Assoc
|
2000
|
0.98
|
|
59
|
Hypertension, diuretics, and antihypertensive medications as possible risk factors for renal cell cancer.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1997
|
0.97
|
|
60
|
Beyond willow bark: aspirin in the prevention of chronic disease.
|
Epidemiology
|
2000
|
0.97
|
|
61
|
Estrogen replacement therapy and fatal ovarian cancer.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1995
|
0.97
|
|
62
|
Prospective study of occupation and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mortality.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2005
|
0.96
|
|
63
|
Aspirin and gastrointestinal cancer.
|
Adv Exp Med Biol
|
1997
|
0.94
|
|
64
|
Vitamin supplement use and fatal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among US men and women.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2001
|
0.92
|
|
65
|
Alcohol consumption increases the risk of fatal breast cancer (United States).
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2001
|
0.90
|
|
66
|
Mortality in a cohort of antimony smelter workers.
|
Am J Ind Med
|
1995
|
0.89
|
|
67
|
Paracetamol and risk of ovarian cancer mortality in a prospective study of women in the USA.
|
Lancet
|
1998
|
0.88
|
|
68
|
Silica and glomerulonephritis: case report and review of the literature.
|
Am J Kidney Dis
|
1987
|
0.88
|
|
69
|
Vitamin C and vitamin E supplement use and colorectal cancer mortality in a large American Cancer Society cohort.
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2001
|
0.87
|
|
70
|
Arsenic.
|
CA Cancer J Clin
|
2001
|
0.86
|
|
71
|
A prospective study of diet and stomach cancer mortality in United States men and women.
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2001
|
0.86
|
|
72
|
Cellular phones and risk of brain tumors.
|
CA Cancer J Clin
|
2001
|
0.86
|
|
73
|
Risk factors for self-reported colon polyps.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
1998
|
0.85
|
|
74
|
Effect of body mass on the association between estrogen replacement therapy and mortality among elderly US women.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2001
|
0.83
|
|
75
|
Family history of breast cancer as a predictor for fatal prostate cancer.
|
Epidemiology
|
1998
|
0.82
|
|
76
|
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and human cancer. Report of an interdisciplinary research workshop.
|
Cancer
|
1994
|
0.81
|
|
77
|
Tubal sterilization and risk of breast cancer mortality in US women.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2001
|
0.81
|
|
78
|
Spectrum of tests available to evaluate occupationally induced renal disease.
|
J Occup Med
|
1986
|
0.80
|
|
79
|
Ocular complications of malfunctioning mercury vapor lamps.
|
Ann Ophthalmol
|
1982
|
0.80
|
|
80
|
Spontaneous abortion and risk of fatal breast cancer in a prospective cohort of United States women.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
1995
|
0.78
|
|
81
|
Diesel exhaust.
|
CA Cancer J Clin
|
2001
|
0.77
|
|
82
|
Infertility and risk of fatal ovarian cancer in a prospective cohort of US women.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
1998
|
0.77
|
|
83
|
ALS and military service.
|
Neurology
|
2005
|
0.77
|
|
84
|
Occupation and breast cancer mortality in a prospective cohort of US women.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1998
|
0.76
|
|
85
|
Cluster of oligospermia among four men occupationally exposed to methylene chloride (MeCl)
|
Reprod Toxicol
|
1989
|
0.75
|
|
86
|
Chest pain in users of video display terminals.
|
JAMA
|
1987
|
0.75
|
|
87
|
Measuring occupational effects: how could we do it better?
|
Epidemiology
|
1991
|
0.75
|