BMJ  2004;328:1529-1533 (26 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7455.1529

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The mortality of doctors in relation to their smoking habits: a preliminary report

(Reprinted from Br Med J 1954:ii;1451-5)

Richard Doll, M.D., M.R.C.P.1, A. Bradford Hill, C.B.E., F.R.S.2

1 Member of the Statistical Research Unit of the Medical Research Council, 2 Professor of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Honorary Director of the Statistical Research Unit of the Medical Research Council

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