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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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Testing the practitioner's impact on clients

TL;DR: Researchers constructed a typology of public relations roles which were scrutinized in a laboratory situation and their conclusions will be enlightening to the public relations practitioner who is trying to decide what new clients expect of him or her.

Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

Momoko Horikoshi, +162 more
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Association of Maternal Height With Child Mortality, Anthropometric Failure, and Anemia in India

TL;DR: In a nationally representative sample of households in India, maternal height was inversely associated with child mortality and anthropometric failure, and Paternal height was not associated withChild mortality or anemia but was associated with Child Anthropometric failure.
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Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders.

Symen Ligthart, +286 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed two genome-wide association studies (GWASs), on HapMap and 1000 Genomes imputed data, of circulating amounts of CRP by using data from 88 studies comprising 204,402 European individuals.
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Prospective associations between objective measures of physical activity and fat mass in 12-14 year old children: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

TL;DR: Higher levels of physical activity, in particular activity of moderate to higher intensities, are prospectively associated with lower levels of fat mass in early adolescence, likely to be important in the fight against obesity.