Statements (26)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
longitudinal study
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:British_Doctors'_Study
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gptkbp:citation |
highly cited in medical literature
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gptkbp:conductedBy |
gptkb:Austin_Bradford_Hill
gptkb:Richard_Doll |
gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:dataCollected |
causes of death
mortality rates smoking habits |
gptkbp:endDate |
2001
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gptkbp:firstResultsPublished |
1954
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gptkbp:focus |
smoking and health
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gptkbp:followUpDuration |
50 years
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
British Doctors Study
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gptkbp:influenced |
public health policy on smoking
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gptkbp:notableFinds |
link between smoking and lung cancer
smoking increases risk of heart disease smoking reduces life expectancy |
gptkbp:population |
British male doctors
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gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:British_Medical_Journal
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gptkbp:significance |
first major study to show dangers of smoking
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gptkbp:size |
over 34,000
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gptkbp:startYear |
1951
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gptkbp:typeOfStudy |
prospective study
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Richard_Doll
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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