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George Davey Smith

Researcher at University of Bristol

Publications -  2646
Citations -  294406

George Davey Smith is an academic researcher from University of Bristol. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mendelian randomization. The author has an hindex of 224, co-authored 2540 publications receiving 248373 citations. Previous affiliations of George Davey Smith include Keele University & Western Infirmary.

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When is mortality risk determined? Historical insights into a current debate.

TL;DR: The early development disappearance and re-emergence of theories relating mortality risk to early experience are charted and the empirical investigations carried out in each period are compared.
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Experimental study of the P11(1440) and D13(1520) resonances from the CLAS data on ep→e′π+π−p′

Victor Mokeev, +153 more
- 13 Sep 2012 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the transition helicity amplitudes from the proton ground state to the excited states were determined from the analysis of nine independent one-fold differential electroproduction cross sections off a proton target.
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Immediate Postnatal Growth Is Associated With Blood Pressure in Young Adulthood The Barry Caerphilly Growth Study

TL;DR: This is the first study to demonstrate that only immediate postnatal growth predicts diastolic blood pressure in term births, whereas it adds further evidence that both birth weight andPostnatal growth are associated with systolic blood Pressure in support of both the fetal origins and growth acceleration hypotheses.
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Cardiorespiratory Disease in Men and Women in Urban Scotland: Baseline Characteristics of the Renfrew/Paisley(Midspan) Study Population:

TL;DR: Middle-aged men and women in an urban area with high levels of socio-economic deprivation have different cardio- respiratory risk and disease profiles compared to previous population studies in the UK, based on occupational groups and random national samples.
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A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood

Ralf J. P. van der Valk, +138 more
TL;DR: It is highlighted that common variation in DCST2 influences variation in early growth and adult height and the same SNPs explained 2.95% of the variance of infant length.