Michael J. Thun

121.1k citations
317 papers · 77.1k indexed · 37 hit papers · h-index 114

Impact in

  • Oncology top 0.01%
    • Cancer Risks and Factors
    • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
    • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
    • Air Quality and Health Impacts
    • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Papers in

Michael J. Thun

313 papers receiving 73.9k citations

Hit Papers

Higher Lung Cancer Incidence in Young Women Than Young Men in the United States 2018 · 304 citations
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Peers

Michael J. Thun
Comparison fields: 5 of 227
  • Oncology 21.6k
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9.8k
  • Cancer Research 8.6k
  • Physiology 12.1k
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13.0k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael J. Thun, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 2013204
2 2013277
3 201225
4 201195
5 201121
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Long-term Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Lung Cancer in a Large Cohort of Never-Smokers
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2011430
7 2009394
8 200982
9 200862
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Trends in mortality from four major cancers by education, United States, 1993-2001
20071
11 2007225
12 200556
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Epidemiology and costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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2005543
14
Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms, calcium intake, and breast cancer risk among U.S. women
20051
15 200491
16 20021
17 2002298
18
Lung cancer deaths in the United States from 1979 through 1992: an analysis using multiple-cause mortality data
19981
19
Particulate Air Pollution as a Predictor of Mortality in a Prospective Study of U.S. Adults
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19952116
20 199131

About Michael J. Thun

Michael J. Thun is a scholar working on Oncology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cancer Research, Physiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 317 papers that have together received 77.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cancer Risks and Factors (70 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (63 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (43 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (39 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (37 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (32 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (25 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oncology (21.6k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (9.8k citations), Cancer Research (8.6k citations), Physiology (12.1k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (13.0k citations). Michael J. Thun has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Eugenia E. Calle, Ahmedin Jemal, Elizabeth Ward, Carmen Rodríguez, Thomas S. Murray, Clark W. Heath, S. Jane Henley, Taylor Murray, C. Arden Pope and Rebecca L. Siegel. Their work appears in journals such as Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, Cancer Causes & Control, American Journal of Epidemiology, CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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