Richard Doll (1912?2005)
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Richard Doll was an epidemiologist and public figure in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Working primarily at the University of Oxford [2], in Oxford, England, Doll established a definitive correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Furthermore, Doll?s work helped legitimize epidemiology as a scientific discipline. Doll?s research also helped establish modern guidelines for oncological studies, as well as for contemporary and future research on the effect of smoking on pregnancy [3] and fetal development. In addition to studying the health effects of smoking, Doll also studied cervical cancer and contraceptives.
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[Sir Richard Doll].
S ir Richard Doll falleció en Oxford a la edad de 92 años el 24 de Julio de 2005 a causa de un fallo cardiaco agudo. Había pasado por varias jubilaciones: de la presidencia de Regius Professor of Medicine en 1979; de Green College, el cual fundó y donde cinco años fue director; y de la Universidad de Oxford en 1983. Tras 22 años de su última jubilación “oficial”, aún se complacía en escribir ar...
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