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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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Does breastfeeding influence risk of type 2 diabetes in later life? A quantitative analysis of published evidence

TL;DR: Breastfeeding in infancy is associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, with marginally lower insulin concentrations in later life, and with lower blood glucose and serum insulin concentration in infancy.
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PHENIX detector overview

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TL;DR: The PHENIX detector as mentioned in this paper is designed to perform a broad study of A-A, p-A and p-p collisions to investigate nuclear matter under extreme conditions, and is used to study systematic variations with species and energy as well as to measure the spin structure of the nucleon.
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Clustered environments and randomized genes: a fundamental distinction between conventional and genetic epidemiology.

TL;DR: The findings demonstrate the potential power of a methodology that utilizes genetic variants as indicators of exposure level when studying environmentally modifiable risk factors and illustrate why observational studies have produced misleading claims regarding potentially causal factors for disease.
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The independent inquiry into inequalities in health: Is welcome, but its recommendations are too cautious and vague

TL;DR: The climate for the reception of the Black report's successor—the independent inquiry into inequalities in health, chaired by Sir Donald Acheson and published this week—is hopefully different.