Published in Arch Dis Child on June 01, 1993
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Use of statins in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: is treatment equitable? Heart (2002) 1.98
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Health effects of an air pollution episode in London, December 1991. Thorax (1995) 1.98
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Positionally cloned asthma susceptibility gene polymorphisms and disease risk in the British 1958 Birth Cohort. Thorax (2009) 1.96
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The Dinamap 1846SX automated blood pressure recorder: comparison with the Hawksley random zero sphygmomanometer under field conditions. J Epidemiol Community Health (1992) 1.77
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Relationship between respiratory morbidity in children and the home environment. Fam Pract (1986) 1.73
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Do maternal and intrauterine factors influence blood pressure in childhood? Arch Dis Child (1992) 1.66
Relation of passive smoking as assessed by salivary cotinine concentration and questionnaire to spirometric indices in children. Thorax (1993) 1.65
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Childhood eczema: disease of the advantaged? BMJ (1994) 1.61
Health and social precursors of unemployment in young men in Great Britain. J Epidemiol Community Health (1996) 1.60
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Lack of evidence for a protective effect of prolonged breastfeeding on childhood eczema: lessons from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. Br J Dermatol (2011) 1.54
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Effect of fresh fruit consumption on lung function and wheeze in children. Thorax (1997) 1.53
Infections presenting for clinical care in early life and later risk of hay fever in two UK birth cohorts. Allergy (2008) 1.52