Standout Papers

Body-mass index and risk of 22 specif... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1.1k
  1. Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults (2014)
    Krishnan Bhaskaran, Ian Douglas et al. The Lancet
  2. Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3·6 million adults in the UK (2018)
    Krishnan Bhaskaran, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  3. Reduced fetal growth rate and increased risk of death from ischaemic heart disease: cohort study of 15 000 Swedish men and women born 1915-29 (1998)
    David A. Leon, Hans Lithell et al. BMJ
  4. Relation of size at birth to non-insulin dependent diabetes and insulin concentrations in men aged 50-60 years (1996)
    Hans Lithell, P. M. McKeigue et al. BMJ
  5. Huge variation in Russian mortality rates 1984–94: artefact, alcohol, or what? (1997)
    David A. Leon, Laurent Chenet et al. The Lancet
  6. Completeness and usability of ethnicity data in UK-based primary care and hospital databases (2013)
    Rohini Mathur, Krishnan Bhaskaran et al. Journal of Public Health
  7. Nitrate and nitrite contamination in drinking water and cancer risk: A systematic review with meta-analysis (2022)
    Roberto Picetti, Megan Deeney et al. Environmental Research

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2 by Nobel laureates 4 from Science/Nature 80 standout
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Works of David A. Leon being referenced

Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3·6 million adults in the UK
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Completeness and usability of ethnicity data in UK-based primary care and hospital databases
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David A. Leon 4644 3359 3720 311 17.2k
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Diana Kuh 4572 3063 2698 234 15.7k
Jan Sundquist 2688 2889 3460 967 26.6k
Kristina Sundquist 2492 2497 2446 935 23.1k
Lynn Rosenberg 2368 1197 1795 624 27.4k
Gopal K. Singh 1776 3553 4911 214 18.0k
Derek G. Cook 3429 1427 2968 340 22.4k
Henrique Barros 2063 1232 1638 587 12.7k
Michelle A. Williams 5029 1027 1385 444 17.4k
Johan P. Mackenbach 3927 9448 11745 532 29.6k

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