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| MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20 536 high-risk individuals: a randomised placebocontrolled trial Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group The Lancet 360 (9326), 7-22, 2002 | 9399 | 2002 |
| The causes of cancer: quantitative estimates of avoidable risks of cancer in the United States today R Doll, R Peto JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute 66 (6), 1192-1308, 1981 | 9172 | 1981 |
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| Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies Prospective Studies Collaboration The Lancet 373 (9669), 1083-1096, 2009 | 6049 | 2009 |
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| Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors R Doll, R Peto, J Boreham, I Sutherland Bmj 328 (7455), 1519, 2004 | 4971 | 2004 |
| Asymptotically efficient rank invariant test procedures R Peto, J Peto Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (General) 135 (2), 185-198, 1972 | 4472 | 1972 |
| Beta blockade during and after myocardial infarction: an overview of the randomized trials S Yusuf, R Peto, J Lewis, R Collins, P Sleight Progress in cardiovascular diseases 27 (5), 335-371, 1985 | 4080 | 1985 |
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| MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol-lowering with simvastatin in 5963 people with diabetes: a randomised placebo-controlled trial Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group The Lancet 361 (9374), 2005-2016, 2003 | 3896 | 2003 |
| Aspirin in the primary and secondary prevention of vascular disease: collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials. C Baigent, L Blackwell, R Collins, J Emberson, J Godwin, R Peto, J Buring, ... Lancet 373 (9678), 1849-1860, 2009 | 3634 | 2009 |
| The natural history of chronic airflow obstruction. C Fletcher, R Peto Br Med J 1 (6077), 1645-1648, 1977 | 3341 | 1977 |
| Mortality in relation to smoking: 40 years' observations on male British doctors R Doll, R Peto, K Wheatley, R Gray, I Sutherland Bmj 309 (6959), 901-911, 1994 | 3200 | 1994 |
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