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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir Ernest Donald Acheson was a British physician and epidemiologist who served as Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1991. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Early life Acheson was born in Belfast on 17 September 1926. His father, Captain Malcolm King Acheson, MC, MD, was a doctor who specialised in public health, and his mother, Dorothy Josephine , was the daughter of a Tyneside ship builder. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Brasenose College, Oxford . His elder brother, Roy Acheson , is Emeritus Professor of Community Medicine in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Churchill College.
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- Multiple sclerosis,: A reappraisal (1972) (415)
- Nasal cancer in woodworkers in the furniture industry. (1968) (313)
- An epidemiological study of ulcerative colitis and regional enteritis in the Oxford area. (1965) (288)
- SOME COMMENTS ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TO LATITUDE, SOLAR RADIATION, AND OTHER VARIABLES (1960) (287)
- The clinical syndrome variously called benign myalgic encephalomyelitis, Iceland disease and epidemic neuromyasthenia. (1959) (203)
- Mortality of two groups of women who manufactured gas masks from chrysotile and crocidolite asbestos: a 40-year follow-up (1982) (133)
- Carcinoma of the nasal cavity and accessory sinuses in woodworkers. (1967) (129)
- Nasal Cancer in the Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Industry (1970) (126)
- A job-exposure matrix for use in population based studies in England and Wales. (1985) (125)
- Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis. (1977) (122)
- Medical Record Linkage)) (1969) (122)
- A survey of cancer and occupation in young and middle aged men. I. Cancers of the respiratory tract. (1986) (114)
- The Distribution of Ulcerative Colitis and Regional Enteritis in United States Veterans with Particular Reference to the Jewish Religion (1960) (113)
- Nasal cancer in the furniture and boot and shoe manufacturing industries. (1976) (109)
- Use of job-exposure matrix in an occupational analysis of lung and bladder cancers on the basis of death certificates. (1984) (108)
- An association between ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. (1960) (107)
- Adenocarcinoma of the nasal cavity and sinuses in England and Wales (1972) (99)
- Skin cancer in people with multiple sclerosis: a record linkage study (2004) (93)
- FORMALDEHYDE IN THE BRITISH CHEMICAL INDUSTRY An Occupational Cohort Study (1984) (82)
- Nasal cancer in England and Wales: an occupational survey. (1981) (80)
- Dietary factors in carcinoma of the stomach: A study of 100 cases and 200 controls (1964) (79)
- Occupation and five cancers: a case-control study using death certificates. (1987) (77)
- Cancer in a factory using amosite asbestos. (1984) (77)
- Mortality of workers exposed to 2 methyl-4 chlorophenoxyacetic acid. (1986) (77)
- Multiple Sclerosis and Poliomyelitis (1965) (71)
- Early Weaning in the Aetiology of Ulcerative Colitis (1961) (66)
- Ulcerative colitis in the United States Army in 1944 (1963) (62)
- Textbook of Medical Record Linkage (1987) (60)
- Frequency of multiple sclerosis in three Australian cities--Perth, Newcastle, and Hobart. (1968) (58)
- Mortality of English furniture makers. (1984) (58)
- Mortality and incidence of cancer of workers in the man made vitreous fibres producing industry: an international investigation at 13 European plants. (1984) (56)
- A survey of cancer and occupation in young and middle aged men. II. Non-respiratory cancers. (1986) (55)
- The prevalence of intermittent digital ischaemia (Raynaud's phenomenon) in a general practice. (1983) (52)
- Soft tissue sarcomas in agriculture and forestry workers. (1984) (51)
- The mortality of boot and shoe makers, with special reference to cancer. (1985) (51)
- The geography of cancer of the stomach. (1984) (51)
- Ulcerative colitis in the United States Army in 1944. Epidemiology: comparisons between patients and controls. (1963) (48)
- Latent Coronary Heart Disease Detected by Electrocardiogram Before and After Exercise (1963) (46)
- DO PHENOXY HERBICIDES CAUSE CANCER IN MAN? (1982) (46)
- Atlas of cancer mortality in England and Wales 1968-1978 (1985) (46)
- Cancer in furniture workers. (1981) (44)
- Mortality of workers exposed to styrene in the manufacture of glass-reinforced plastics. (1987) (43)
- Analysis of trends in cancer mortality in England and Wales during 1951-80 separating changes associated with period of birth and period of death. (1982) (42)
- AIDS: A CHALLENGE FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH (1986) (42)
- FORMALDEHYDE PROCESS WORKERS AND LUNG CANCER (1984) (37)
- The Oxford Record Linkage Study: A Review of the Method with Some Preliminary Results (1964) (35)
- Nasal cancer in the Northamptonshire boot and shoe industry: is it declining? (1982) (35)
- The distribution of multiple sclerosis in U. S. veterans by birthplace. (1960) (34)
- Mortality of tanners. (1985) (33)
- The British Society of Gastroenterology (1980) (33)
- Accuracy of occupational histories obtained from wives. (1985) (33)
- Diagnostic irradiation, congenital malformations and spontaneous abortion. (1968) (31)
- On the mortality ascribed to ulcerative colitis. (1959) (30)
- An enquiry into the incidence and prognosis of undiagnosed abdominal pain treated in hospital. (1970) (29)
- ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS OF HEALTHY MEN AFTER STRENUOUS EXERCISE (1960) (29)
- Medical aspects of death certification. A joint report of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists. (1982) (28)
- Is nasal adenocarcinoma in the Buckinghamshire furniture industry declining? (1982) (28)
- Multiple spells of in-patient treatment in a calendar year. (1965) (27)
- Oxford Record Linkage Study (1964) (27)
- Mortality from mesothelioma of the pleura during 1968-78 in England and Wales. (1982) (26)
- Trends in lung cancer mortality. (1983) (24)
- THE FREQUENCY OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA (1969) (24)
- Nasal cancer in furniture-makers in Denmark. (1971) (24)
- On the state of the public health [the fourth Duncan lecture]. (1988) (23)
- Multiple Sclerosis in British Commonwealth Countries in the Southern Hemisphere (1961) (22)
- Trends in cancer mortality 1951-1980: analyses by period of birth and death (1983) (20)
- Variations in cancer mortality among local authority areas in England and Wales: relations with environmental factors and search for causes. (1982) (20)
- Respiratory disease in infancy. (1968) (19)
- Mortality study of workers in the man-made mineral fiber production industry in the United Kingdom. (1986) (18)
- Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia of the Cardia (1958) (17)
- On the mortality ascribed to regional enteritis. (1959) (17)
- A CENTRAL FILE OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RECORDS FOR A PILOT POPULATION (1964) (16)
- Variation in hospital stay after inguinal herniorrhaphy. (1979) (16)
- FORMALDEHYDE, LUNG CANCER, AND BRONCHITIS (1986) (14)
- Peripheral neuropathy and indomethacin. (1975) (14)
- Record linkage and the identification of long-term environmental hazards (1979) (13)
- Nasal cancer in the shoe industry. (1970) (13)
- Medical record linkage : from the Oxford Record Linkage Study and the Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford (1967) (13)
- The extent of organ removal in the Oxford area. (1969) (13)
- Duration of Stay in Hospital for Normal Maternity Care (1964) (13)
- Linkage of medical records. (1968) (12)
- Southampton: the first years. I - About southampton medical school. (1976) (11)
- COHORT STUDY OF FORMALDEHYDE PROCESS WORKERS (1984) (9)
- Electrically heated gloves for intermittent digital ischaemia. (1983) (8)
- Computer method for deriving hospital inpatient morbidity statistics based on the person as the unit. (1967) (8)
- Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease: Introduction (1971) (8)
- Clinical practice and community medicine. (1979) (8)
- Study of disease associations from linked records. (1976) (7)
- Mesothelioma and exposure to mixtures of chrysotile and amphibole asbestos. (1979) (7)
- Screening for new occupational hazards of cancer in young persons. (1984) (7)
- Hospital morbidity in early life in relation to certain maternal and foetal characteristics and events at delivery. (1965) (7)
- Chronic midgut ischaemia with steatorrhoea in polycythaemia rubra vera. (1962) (6)
- KIDNEY CANCER AMONG LEATHER WORKERS (1984) (6)
- Latent coronary heart disease detected by electrocardiogram before and after exercise. (1963) (5)
- Some Remarks on Contemporary British Medical Statistics (1968) (5)
- Monitoring health in the war-affected areas of the former Yugoslavia, 1992–1993 (1996) (5)
- Computers in Medicine: Notification of Death Occurring after Discharge from Hospital (1967) (5)
- Clinical practice and epidemiology: two worlds or one? (1979) (5)
- Sickness absence after inguinal herniorrhaphy. (1979) (5)
- Experiment in the retrieval of information in general practice. A preliminary report. (1968) (4)
- Trends in cancer morbidity in England and Wales. (1981) (4)
- Asbestos: scientific basis for environmental control of fibres. (1980) (4)
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN AUSTRALIA (1968) (4)
- Frequency ofmultiple sclerosis inthree Australian cities-Perth, Newcastle, andHobart (1968) (3)
- NASAL CANCER AND CHLOROPHENOLS (1984) (3)
- Clinical significance of deaths after discharge from hospital unrecorded in the hospital notes. (1968) (3)
- Walter Hubert Lecture, Towards a strategy for the detection of industrial carcinogens. (1981) (3)
- Achlorhydria and peptic ulcer. (1951) (3)
- ANAEMIA AND HIATUS HERNIA. (1964) (3)
- Health problems in Iraq. (1992) (3)
- POSSIBLE SYNERGISM BETWEEN CHRYSOTILE AND AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS (1980) (3)
- Record linkage techniques in studies of the aetiology of cancer. (1968) (3)
- University, medical school, and community. (1970) (2)
- PRENATAL SHAPING OF BEHAVIOUR. (1964) (2)
- Proceedings: A study of breast cancer on the Isle of Wight. (1974) (2)
- NASAL CANCER AND OCCUPATION IN CANADA (1967) (2)
- [Personal record linkage]. (1969) (2)
- Epidemiology of Cancer (1968) (2)
- Medical record linkage--The method and its applications. (1966) (2)
- Dose—response relations from epidemiological studies (1981) (1)
- Ajob-exposure matrix foruseinpopulation based studies inEngland andWales (1985) (1)
- Medical School at Southampton (1969) (1)
- THE PATIENT, HIS RECORD AND SOCIETY (1972) (1)
- Heller's operation (cardiomyotomy) for achalasia of the cardia; the experience of the Middlesex and Harefield Hospitals. (1958) (1)
- Adenocarcinoma ofthenasalcavity and sinuses inEngland andWales (1972) (1)
- Producing a Doctor (1973) (1)
- Lymphatics and the Gut (1964) (1)
- Mapping cancer mortality. (1982) (1)
- Coronary and Other Heart Disease in a Group of Irish Males aged 65-85 (1958) (1)
- Clinical practice and community medicine. (1979) (1)
- Record linkage in medicine: Proceedings of the international symposium, Oxford, July 1967; (1968) (1)
- Cardiomyotomy for achalasia of the cardia; the experience of the Middlesex and Harefield Hospitals up to 1955. (1958) (1)
- Cancer statistics (1976) (1)
- Letter: Multiple sclerosis and poliomyelitis. (1976) (0)
- Dietary factors incarcinoma ofthestomach: A study of100casesand200controls (1964) (0)
- MULTIPLESCLEROSIS INBRITISHCOMMONWEALTH COUNTRIESINTHE SOUTHERNHEMISPHERE (1961) (0)
- Breast cancer screening. (1989) (0)
- Vision for the Future Sets NIEHS Priorities (1994) (0)
- Epidemic Malaise (1970) (0)
- Points: Electrically heated garments (1983) (0)
- National Epidemiology (1961) (0)
- Using Computers (1968) (0)
- Management of Meningitis (1964) (0)
- and Originals University, Medical School, and Community* (2006) (0)
- AN ENQUIRYINTOTHE INCIDENCEAND PROGNOSISOF UNDIAGNOSEDABDOMINALPAINTREATED IN HOSPITAL (1970) (0)
- Formaldehyde: epidemiological evidence. (1985) (0)
- ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND REGIONAL ENTRITIS IN JEWS. (1963) (0)
- Medical advice and health policy. CMO issues challenge to community physicians. (1985) (0)
- Variations in hospital stay and sickness absence following inguinal herniorrhaphy. (1979) (0)
- The Drugged Sperm (1964) (0)
- Carcinogenic properties of ortho-dianisidine (1967) (0)
- Study ofdisease associations fromlinked records (1976) (0)
- M.R.C.P. (London) (1962) (0)
- AIDS: the African connection (1985) (0)
- M.R.C.P. (London) (1962) (0)
- A surveyofcancerandoccupation inyoung and middle aged men. ICancers oftherespiratory tract (1986) (0)
- Keynote Address: AIDS in the United Kingdom (1986) (0)
- Medical Care (1966) (0)
- Contents, Vol. 89, 1958 (1958) (0)
- Medicine and Books (1987) (0)
- MULTIPLESPELLSOF IN-PATIENT TREATMENT INA CALENDAR YEAR (1965) (0)
- THE TENTH (1963) INTERIM SCIENTIFIC SESSION OF THE AMERICAN RHEUMATISM ASSOCIATION. (1964) (0)
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