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The 21st century hazards of smoking and benefits of stopping: a prospective study of one million women in the UK by Pirie, Kirstin, MSc, Peto, Richard, Prof, Reeves, Gillian K, PhD, Green, Jane, DPhil, Beral, Valerie, Prof

“…Summary Background Women born around 1940 in countries such as the UK and USA were the first generation in which many smoked substantial numbers of cigarettes…”
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Physical and mental health of 40,000 older women in England during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) by Floud, Sarah, Hermon, Carol, Reeves, Gillian K

“…To assess factors associated with perceived changes in physical and mental health and with delays in seeking healthcare during the second and third COVID-19…”
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Cellular Telephone Use and the Risk of Brain Tumors: Update of the UK Million Women Study by Schüz, Joachim, Pirie, Kirstin, Reeves, Gillian K, Floud, Sarah, Beral, Valerie

“…Abstract Background The ongoing debate of whether use of cellular telephones increases the risk of developing a brain tumor was recently fueled by the launch…”
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Endogenous hormones and risk of invasive breast cancer in pre- and post-menopausal women: findings from the UK Biobank by Tin Tin, Sandar, Reeves, Gillian K., Key, Timothy J.

“…Background Some endogenous hormones have been associated with breast cancer risk, but the nature of these relationships is not fully understood. Methods UK…”
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Adiposity and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women: Results from the UK Biobank prospective cohort by Guo, Wenji, Key, Timothy J., Reeves, Gillian K.

“…Body size is an important modifiable risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer. However, it remains unclear whether direct measures of fat mass are better…”
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Mobile phone use and risk of brain neoplasms and other cancers: prospective study by BENSON, Victoria S, PIRIE, Kirstin, SCHÜZ, Joachim, REEVES, Gillian K, BERAL, Valerie, GREEN, Jane

“…Results from some retrospective studies suggest a possible increased risk of glioma and acoustic neuroma in users of mobile phones. The relation between mobile…”
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Cancer incidence and mortality in relation to body mass index in the Million Women Study: cohort study by Reeves, Gillian K, Pirie, Kirstin, Beral, Valerie, Green, Jane, Spencer, Elizabeth, Bull, Diana

“…Objective To examine the relation between body mass index (kg/m2) and cancer incidence and mortality.Design Prospective cohort study.Participants 1.2 million…”
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Total sleep duration and daytime napping in relation to dementia detection risk: Results from the Million Women Study by Wong, Angel T Y, Reeves, Gillian K, Floud, Sarah

“…There is inconsistent evidence on the associations of sleep duration and daytime napping with dementia risk. In the Million Women Study, a total of 830,716…”
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Frequent physical activity may not reduce vascular disease risk as much as moderate activity: large prospective study of women in the United Kingdom by Armstrong, Miranda E G, Green, Jane, Reeves, Gillian K, Beral, Valerie, Cairns, Benjamin J

“…Although physical activity has generally been associated with reduced risk of vascular disease, there is limited evidence about the effects of the frequency…”
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Height and cancer incidence in the Million Women Study: prospective cohort, and meta-analysis of prospective studies of height and total cancer risk by Green, Jane, Dr, Cairns, Benjamin J, PhD, Casabonne, Delphine, DPhil, Wright, F Lucy, DPhil, Reeves, Gillian, PhD, Beral, Valerie, Prof

“…Summary Background Epidemiological studies have shown that taller people are at increased risk of cancer, but it is unclear if height-associated risks vary by…”
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Night Shift Work and Breast Cancer Incidence: Three Prospective Studies and Meta-analysis of Published Studies by Travis, Ruth C, Balkwill, Angela, Fensom, Georgina K, Appleby, Paul N, Reeves, Gillian K, Wang, Xiao-Si, Roddam, Andrew W, Gathani, Toral, Peto, Richard, Green, Jane, Key, Timothy J, Beral, Valerie

“…It has been proposed that night shift work could increase breast cancer incidence. A 2007 World Health Organization review concluded, mainly from animal…”
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Depression, anxiety, psychotropic drugs, and acute myocardial infarction: large prospective study of United Kingdom women by Parkin, Lianne, Balkwill, Angela, Green, Jane, Reeves, Gillian K, Beral, Valerie, Floud, Sarah

“…Reported associations between depression and myocardial infarction in some studies might be explained by use of psychotropic drugs, residual confounding,…”
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Body size and composition, physical activity and sedentary time in relation to endogenous hormones in premenopausal and postmenopausal women: Findings from the UK Biobank by Tin Tin, Sandar, Reeves, Gillian K., Key, Timothy J.

“…Anthropometric and lifestyle factors may influence cancer risks through hormonal changes. We investigated cross‐sectional associations between body size and…”
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Response to Moskowitz and Birnbaum, Taylor, Baldwin, et al by Schüz, Joachim, Pirie, Kirstin, Reeves, Gillian K, Floud, Sarah, Beral, Valerie

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Body mass index, diet, physical inactivity, and the incidence of dementia in 1 million UK women by Floud, Sarah, Simpson, Rachel F., Balkwill, Angela, Brown, Anna, Goodill, Adrian, Gallacher, John, Sudlow, Cathie, Harris, Phillip, Hofman, Albert, Parish, Sarah, Reeves, Gillian K., Green, Jane, Peto, Richard, Beral, Valerie

“…OBJECTIVETo help determine whether midlife obesity is a cause of dementia and whether low body mass index (BMI), low caloric intake, and physical inactivity…”
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Ovarian cancer survival by stage, histotype, and pre-diagnostic lifestyle factors, in the prospective UK Million Women Study by Gaitskell, Kezia, Hermon, Carol, Barnes, Isobel, Pirie, Kirstin, Floud, Sarah, Green, Jane, Beral, Valerie, Reeves, Gillian K.

“…Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer mortality in UK women. Ovarian cancer survival varies by disease stage at diagnosis, but evidence is mixed…”
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Lung cancer in never smokers in the UK Million Women Study by Pirie, Kirstin, Peto, Richard, Green, Jane, Reeves, Gillian K., Beral, Valerie

“…To assess directly the effects of various risk factors on lung cancer incidence among never smokers, large prospective studies are needed. In a cohort of 1.2…”
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Histological subtypes of ovarian cancer associated with parity and breastfeeding in the prospective Million Women Study by Gaitskell, Kezia, Green, Jane, Pirie, Kirstin, Barnes, Isobel, Hermon, Carol, Reeves, Gillian K, Beral, Valerie

“…Ovarian cancer risk is known to be reduced amongst women who have had children, but reported associations with breastfeeding are varied. Few studies have had…”
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Social influences on smoking cessation in mid-life: Prospective cohort of UK women by Martin, Jaime L, Barnes, Isobel, Green, Jane, Reeves, Gillian K, Beral, Valerie, Floud, Sarah

“…Decisions to quit smoking are thought to be influenced by social factors such as friends, family and social groups, but there have been few attempts to examine…”
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Alcohol Intake and Endogenous Hormones in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women: Findings from the UK Biobank by Tin Tin, Sandar, Key, Timothy J, Reeves, Gillian K

“…Alcohol intake may influence breast cancer risk in women through hormonal changes, but the evidence to date is inconclusive. We investigated cross-sectional…”
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