British Doctors Study

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