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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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Effect of cigarette smoking on the pulmonary function of children and adolescents.
TL;DR: The data suggest that relatively small amounts of cigarette use by adolescents can lead to significant effects on the growth of lung function, and that children who begin to smoke at 15 yr of age and continue to smoke would achieve only 92% (95% confidence limit, 87 to 96%) of their expected FEV1 and 90% of theirexpected FEF25-75 at 20 yr ofAge.
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Birthweight as a risk factor for breast cancer
Karin B. Michels,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,James M. Robins,Bernard Rosner,JoAnn E. Manson,David J. Hunter,Graham A. Colditz,Susan E. Hankinson,Frank E. Speizer,Walter C. Willett +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a nested case-control study was conducted to assess whether birthweight and other perinatal factors are associated with risk of breast cancer, and the authors found that birthweight was a significant predictor of breast-cancer risk.
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Race, asthma, and persistent wheeze in Philadelphia schoolchildren.
TL;DR: Black race is an important risk factor for active diagnosed asthma in these urban children, a relationship not explained by social factors and the lack of an association of race with persistent wheeze after adjustment for social factors suggest that race may be more important to the acquisition of an asthma diagnosis than to the prevalence of the symptoms.
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Studies of acid aerosols in six cities and in a new multi-city investigation: design issues.
TL;DR: Estimating chronic exposure from the year-long measurement of acid aerosols and consideration of specific criteria for selecting communities to study hope to minimize potential confounding to allow us to assess the chronic impact of strong acid in the atmosphere on the respiratory health of these children.
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Particulate Air Pollution as a Risk Factor for ST-segment Depression in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Kai Jen Chuang,Brent A. Coull,Antonella Zanobetti,Helen Suh,Joel Schwartz,Peter Stone,Augusto A. Litonjua,Frank E. Speizer,Diane R. Gold +8 more
TL;DR: ST-segment depression is associated with increased exposure to PM2.5 and black carbon in cardiac patients and effects were greatest within the first month after hospitalization and for patients with myocardial infarction during hospitalization or with diabetes.