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Clark W. Heath

Researcher at American Cancer Society

Publications -  45
Citations -  13293

Clark W. Heath is an academic researcher from American Cancer Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Prospective cohort study. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 44 publications receiving 13014 citations.

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Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

Eugenia E. Calle, +194 more
- 11 Oct 1997 - 
TL;DR: Of the many factors examined that might affect the relation between breast cancer risk and use of HRT, only a woman's weight and body-mass index had a material effect: the increase in the relative risk of breast cancer diagnosed in women using HRT and associated with long durations of use in current and recent users was greater for women of lower than of higher weight or body- mass index.
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Aspirin use and reduced risk of fatal colon cancer

TL;DR: Regular aspirin use at low doses may reduce the risk of fatal colon cancer in people who used aspirin 16 or more times per month for at least one year.
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Mortality from tobacco in developed countries: Indirect estimation from national vital statistics

TL;DR: Application of such methods indicates that on current smoking patterns just over 20% of those now living in developed countries will eventually be killed by tobacco (ie, about a quarter of a billion, out of a current total population of just under one and a quarter billion).
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Alcohol Consumption and Mortality among Middle-Aged and Elderly U.S. Adults

TL;DR: In this middle-aged and elderly population, moderate alcohol consumption slightly reduced overall mortality, and the benefit depended in part on age and background cardiovascular risk and was far smaller than the large increase in risk produced by tobacco.
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Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

Eugenia E. Calle, +188 more
- 22 Jun 1996 - 
TL;DR: Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53297 women with breast cancer and 100239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies as mentioned in this paper.