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Richard Doll  

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  • Richard Doll qualified in medicine in 1937, graduating from St. Thomas Hospital in London, but his main epidemiological work began when he joined the staff of the Medical Research Council in London following service in World War II. More than any other person, he was responsible for establishing smoking as the main cause of lung cancer. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Doll, Richard]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KHHSVM7N-C

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