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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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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring trajectories of height and adiposity: comparing maternal and paternal associations
Laura D Howe,Alicia Matijasevich,Kate Tilling,Marie-Jo Brion,Sam D Leary,George Davey Smith,Debbie A Lawlor +6 more
TL;DR: Maternal smoking during pregnancy has an intrauterine effect on birth length, and possibly on adiposity at birth and changes in height and adiposity in infancy, and there is no evidence of a specific intrauterines effect on height or adiposity changes after the age of 2 years.
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Thermal stability of electrodeposited nanocrystalline nickel and iron - nickel alloys
TL;DR: The thermal stability of electrodeposited nanocrystalline nickel and iron-nickel alloys has been studied using TEM, X-ray diffraction, and atom probe analysis as mentioned in this paper.
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Infant mortality, stomach cancer, stroke, and coronary heart disease: ecological analysis.
David A. Leon,George Davey Smith +1 more
TL;DR: Geographical, socioeconomic, and secular variations in the prevalence of H pylori fit well with the corresponding trends and differences in mortality from stomach cancer between and within countries.
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Association of Folate-Pathway Gene Polymorphisms with the Risk of Prostate Cancer: a Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study, Systematic Review, and Meta-analysis (vol 18, pg 2528, 2009)
Simon M Collin,Chris Metcalfe,Luisa Zuccolo,Sarah J Lewis,Li Chen,Cox A,Michael Davis,J A Lane,Jenny L Donovan,George Davey Smith,David E. Neal,Freddie C. Hamdy,Julius Gudmundsson,Patrick Sulem,Thorunn Rafnar,Kristrun R. Benediktsdottir,Rosalind A. Eeles,Michelle Guy,Z Kote-Jarai,Jonathan J. Morrison,A A Al Olama,Kari Stefansson,Doug Easton,Richard M. Martin,Grp Ukgpcs. +24 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of folate-pathway gene polymorphisms have been investigated in relation to prostate cancer, and the authors conducted a systematic review, which identified nine case-control studies (eight included, one excluded).
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Maternal and personal cigarette smoking synergize to increase airflow limitation in adults.
TL;DR: Maternal smoking impairs lung volume irrespective of personal smoking and appears to synergize with personal smoking to increase airflow limitation and COPD.