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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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Magnitude and causes of socioeconomic differentials in mortality: further evidence from the Whitehall Study.

TL;DR: The use of social class as an index of socioeconomic position leads to underestimation of the association between social factors and mortality, which may be reflected in public health initiatives and priorities.
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Is Social Capital the Key to Inequalities in Health

TL;DR: It is argued that levels of income inequality, social capital, and health in a community may all be consequences of more macrolevel social and economic processes that influence health across the life course.
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Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

Momoko Horikoshi, +185 more
- 13 Oct 2016 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed a meta-analysis of birth weight in 153,781 individuals, identifying 60 loci where fetal genotype was associated with birth weight (P < 5.5×10−8).
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Income and health: what is the nature of the relationship?

TL;DR: The shape of the relationship found between income and health is compatible with worse health in countries with greater income inequality, without the need to postulate any direct effect of income inequality itself.
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High-resolution electron microscopy studies of the structure of Cu precipitates in α-Fe

TL;DR: In this article, a twinned 9R structure was found in precipitates slightly larger than 4nm in diameter, following transformation from b.c.c to c.c, indicating that further twinning must occur during growth in the 9R phase.