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Doll and Hill compared smoking histories in patients with lung carcinoma and controls. Their case-control study became an important early contribution to the accumulating evidence on tobacco and lung cancer.
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Scientific scope
This observational study was not a randomized exposure experiment and did not alone establish every causal claim or modern risk estimate. Later prospective studies and independent investigations supplied distinct evidence.
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- Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung
- Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung — deposited bibliography
- Doll and Hill: Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung
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People and systems
Richard Doll; A. Bradford Hill
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Doll and Hill: investigating the link between smoking and lung cancer
Doll and Hill compared smoking histories in patients with lung carcinoma and controls. Their case-control study became an important early contribution to the accumulating evidence on tobacco and lung cancer.
Scientific scope
This observational study was not a randomized exposure experiment and did not alone establish every causal claim or modern risk estimate. Later prospective studies and independent investigations supplied distinct evidence.
Reading status
This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Richard Doll; A. Bradford Hill
Source-paper byline retained. This is not a complete roster of a lifetime project or verified unique person identities.