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Frank E. Speizer
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 641
Citations - 140522
Frank E. Speizer is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Relative risk & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 193, co-authored 636 publications receiving 135891 citations. Previous affiliations of Frank E. Speizer include Medical Research Council & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Risk factors for breast cancer according to family history of breast cancer
TL;DR: A consistent increase in risk of breast cancer among women with a mother or sister history of the disease was observed and the adverse effect of pregnancy persisted so that to age 70 years, parous women were at higher risk of Breast cancer than nulliparous women.
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A prospective study of cigarette smoking and risk of cataract surgery in women.
Susan E. Hankinson,Walter C. Willett,Graham A. Colditz,Johanna M. Seddon,Bernard Rosner,Frank E. Speizer,Meir J. Stampfer +6 more
TL;DR: Smoking appears to increase the risk of cataract extraction in women according to a prospective cohort study beginning in 1980 and continuing with 8 years of follow-up.
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Prospective Study of Snoring and Risk of Hypertension in Women
Frank B. Hu,Walter C. Willett,Graham A. Colditz,Alberto Ascherio,Frank E. Speizer,Bernard Rosner,Charles H. Hennekens,Meir J. Stampfer +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that snoring may increase risk of hypertension in women, independent of age, body mass index, waist circumference, and other lifestyle factors.
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Validation of Self-reported Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Cohort Study of Nurses
TL;DR: COPD can be studied in large, questionnaire-based cohorts of health professionals, and the degree to which disease misclassification biases relative risks toward the null value is estimated, confirming that questionnaire- based COPD research should focus on minimizing false positives rather than false negatives.