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Duncan Thomas
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 255
Citations - 23861
Duncan Thomas is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Family life. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 245 publications receiving 22833 citations. Previous affiliations of Duncan Thomas include Michigan State University & University of California, Los Angeles.
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Variants in the ATM Gene Associated with a Reduced Risk of Contralateral Breast Cancer
Patrick Concannon,Robert W. Haile,Anne Lise Børresen-Dale,Barry S. Rosenstein,Richard A. Gatti,Sharon N. Teraoka,Anh T. Diep,Laila Jansen,David P. Atencio,Bryan Langholz,Marinela Capanu,Xiaolin Liang,Colin B. Begg,Duncan Thomas,Leslie R. Bernstein,Jørgen H. Olsen,Kathleen E. Malone,Charles F. Lynch,Hoda Anton-Culver,Jonine L. Bernstein +19 more
TL;DR: Data suggest that some alleles of ATM may exert an antineoplastic effect, perhaps by altering the activity of ATM as an initiator of DNA damage responses or a regulator of p53.
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The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-being: Evidence From the Indian Ocean Tsunami
TL;DR: Population-representative longitudinal data collected in Aceh, Indonesia, before and after the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami are used to identify the impact of parental deaths on the well-being of children aged 9–17 at the time of the tsunami.
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Health, Wealth and Wages of Men and Women in Urban Brazil
Duncan Thomas,John Strauss +1 more
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Correcting for exposure measurement error in a reanalysis of lung cancer mortality for the Colorado Plateau Uranium Miners cohort.
TL;DR: Evidence is found that the new exposure histories provide a better fit to the lung cancer mortality data than do the histories based upon the original PHS dose-rate estimates, and a stronger overall relationship between lung cancerortality and exposure per unit exposure compared to those obtained with the original estimates.
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Fertility, Contraceptive Choice, and Public Policy in Zimbabwe
Duncan Thomas,John A. Maluccio +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of public infrastructure investments on demographic outcomes was examined using household survey data matched with two community level surveys, and it was shown that public infrastructure investment has a significant impact on the demographic outcomes.