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2.	CANCER OF THE LUNG AND MOUTH IN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A POPULATION STUDY.
	LEMON FR, WALDEN RT, WOODS RW.
	Cancer. 1964 Apr;17:486-97. No abstract available.
	PMID: 14136532 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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3.	Death from respiratory system disease among Seventh-Day Adventist men.
	Lemon FR, Walden RT.
	JAMA. 1966 Oct 10;198(2):117-26. No abstract available.
	PMID: 5953042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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4.	A biologic cost of smoking. Decreased life expectancy.
	Lemon FR, Kuzma JW.
	Arch Environ Health. 1969 Jun;18(6):950-5. No abstract available.
	PMID: 5770696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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5.	Traffic accidents and human ecology.
	Dysinger PW.
	Med Arts Sci. 1972;26(3):27-41. No abstract available.
	PMID: 4646390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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6.	Role of life-style and dietary habits in risk of cancer among seventh-day adventists.
	Phillips RL.
	Cancer Res. 1975 Nov;35(11 Pt. 2):3513-22.
	PMID: 1192416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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7.	Rationale and methods for an epidemiologic study of cancer among Seventh-Day Adventists.
	Phillips RL, Kuzma JW.
	Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 1977 Dec;47:107-12.
	PMID: 613230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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8.	Coronary heart disease mortality among Seventh-Day Adventists with differing dietary habits: a preliminary report.
	Phillips RL, Lemon FR, Beeson WL, Kuzma JW.
	Am J Clin Nutr. 1978 Oct;31(10 Suppl):S191-S198.
	PMID: 707372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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9.	Cancer mortality among low-risk populations.
	Enstrom JE.
	CA Cancer J Clin. 1979 Nov-Dec;29(6):352-61. No abstract available.
	PMID: 116723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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10.	Cancer among Seventh-Day Adventists.
	Phillips RL.
	J Environ Pathol Toxicol. 1980 Mar;3(4 Spec No):157-69. No abstract available.
	PMID: 7391730 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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11.	Influence of selection versus lifestyle on risk of fatal cancer and cardiovascular disease among Seventh-day Adventists.
	Phillips RL, Kuzma JW, Beeson WL, Lotz T.
	Am J Epidemiol. 1980 Aug;112(2):296-314.
	PMID: 7416155 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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12.	Mortality among California Seventh-Day Adventists for selected cancer sites.
	Phillips RL, Garfinkel L, Kuzma JW, Beeson WL, Lotz T, Brin B.
	J Natl Cancer Inst. 1980 Nov;65(5):1097-1107.
	PMID: 6933241 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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13.	Association of meat and coffee use with cancers of the large bowel, breast, and prostate among Seventh-Day Adventists: preliminary results.
	Phillips RL, Snowdon DA.
	Cancer Res. 1983 May;43(5 Suppl):2403s-2408s.
	PMID: 6831464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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14.	Breast cancer survival rates among Seventh-day Adventists and non-Seventh-day Adventists.
	Zollinger TW, Phillips RL, Kuzma JW.
	Am J Epidemiol. 1984 Apr;119(4):503-9.
	PMID: 6711539 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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15.	Association between reported diet and all-cause mortality. Twenty-one-year follow-up on 27,530 adult Seventh-Day Adventists.
	Kahn HA, Phillips RL, Snowdon DA, Choi W.
	Am J Epidemiol. 1984 May;119(5):775-87.
	PMID: 6720674 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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16.	Coffee consumption and risk of fatal cancers.
	Snowdon DA, Phillips RL.
	Am J Public Health. 1984 Aug;74(8):820-3.
	PMID: 6742274 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
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17.	Diet, obesity, and risk of fatal prostate cancer.
	Snowdon DA, Phillips RL, Choi W.
	Am J Epidemiol. 1984 Aug;120(2):244-50.
	PMID: 6465122 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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18.	Meat consumption and fatal ischemic heart disease.
	Snowdon DA, Phillips RL, Fraser GE.
	Prev Med. 1984 Sep;13(5):490-500.
	PMID: 6527990 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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19.	Diet, nutrition intake, and metabolism in populations at high and low risk for colon cancer. Concordance of nutrient information obtained by different methods.
	Rider AA, Calkins BM, Arthur RS, Nair PP.
	Am J Clin Nutr. 1984 Oct;40(4 Suppl):906-13.
	PMID: 6548334 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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20.	Dietary relationships with fatal colorectal cancer among Seventh-Day Adventists.
	Phillips RL, Snowdon DA.
	J Natl Cancer Inst. 1985 Feb;74(2):307-17.
	PMID: 3856044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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21.	Seventh-Day Adventist vegetarians have a quiescent proliferative activity in colonic mucosa.
	Lipkin M, Uehara K, Winawer S, Sanchez A, Bauer C, Phillips R, Lynch HT, Blattner WA, Fraumeni JF Jr.
	Cancer Lett. 1985 Mar;26(2):139-44.
	PMID: 3978603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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22.	Does a vegetarian diet reduce the occurrence of diabetes?
	Snowdon DA, Phillips RL.
	Am J Public Health. 1985 May;75(5):507-12.
	PMID: 3985239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
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23.	Diet and ovarian cancer.
	Snowdon DA.
	JAMA. 1985 Jul 19;254(3):356-7. No abstract available.
	PMID: 4009856 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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24.	Animal product consumption and subsequent fatal breast cancer risk among Seventh-day Adventists.
	Mills PK, Annegers JF, Phillips RL.
	Am J Epidemiol. 1988 Mar;127(3):440-53.
	PMID: 3341351 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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25.	Animal product consumption and mortality because of all causes combined, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer in Seventh-day Adventists.
	Snowdon DA.
	Am J Clin Nutr. 1988 Sep;48(3 Suppl):739-48. Review.
	PMID: 3046303 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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26.	Long-term (24-year) recall reliability in cancer cases and controls using a 21-item food frequency questionnaire.
	Lindsted KD, Kuzma JW.
	Nutr Cancer. 1989;12(2):135-49.
	PMID: 2710656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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27.	Determinants of long-term (24-year) diet recall ability using a 21-item food frequency questionnaire.
	Kuzma JW, Lindsted KD.
	Nutr Cancer. 1989;12(2):151-60.
	PMID: 2710657 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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28.	Is early natural menopause a biologic marker of health and aging?
	Snowdon DA, Kane RL, Beeson WL, Burke GL, Sprafka JM, Potter J, Iso H, Jacobs DR Jr, Phillips RL.
	Am J Public Health. 1989 Jun;79(6):709-14.
	PMID: 2729468 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
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29.	Husband-wife diet concordance and changes in dietary practices by surviving spouses of cancer cases.
	Lindsted K, Kuzma JW.
	Nutr Cancer. 1990;13(3):175-87.
	PMID: 2308873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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30.	Early natural menopause and the duration of postmenopausal life. Findings from a mathematical model of life expectancy.
	Snowdon DA.
	J Am Geriatr Soc. 1990 Apr;38(4):402-8.
	PMID: 2329249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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31.	Self-report of physical activity and patterns of mortality in Seventh-Day Adventist men.
	Lindsted KD, Tonstad S, Kuzma JW.
	J Clin Epidemiol. 1991;44(4-5):355-64.
	PMID: 2010779 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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32.	Body mass index and patterns of mortality among Seventh-day Adventist men.
	Lindsted K, Tonstad S, Kuzma JW.
	Int J Obes. 1991 Jun;15(6):397-406.
	PMID: 1885263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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33.	Coffee consumption and cause-specific mortality. Association with age at death and compression of mortality.
	Lindsted KD, Kuzma JW, Anderson JL.
	J Clin Epidemiol. 1992 Jul;45(7):733-42.
	PMID: 1619453 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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34.	Body mass index and mortality in Seventh-day Adventist men. A critique and re-analysis.
	Sorkin JD, Muller D, Andres R.
	Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1994 Nov;18(11):752-4.
	PMID: 7866475 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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35.	Body mass and 26-year risk of mortality among women who never smoked: findings from the Adventist Mortality Study.
	Lindsted KD, Singh PN.
	Am J Epidemiol. 1997 Jul 1;146(1):1-11.
	PMID: 9215218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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36.	Mortality in vegetarians and non-vegetarians: a collaborative analysis of 8300 deaths among 76,000 men and women in five prospective studies.
	Key TJ, Fraser GE, Thorogood M, Appleby PN, Beral V, Reeves G, Burr ML, Chang-Claude J, Frentzel-Beyme R, Kuzma JW, Mann J, McPherson K.
	Public Health Nutr. 1998 Mar;1(1):33-41.
	PMID: 10555529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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37.	Body mass and 26-year risk of mortality from specific diseases among women who never smoked.
	Singh PN, Lindsted KD.
	Epidemiology. 1998 May;9(3):246-54.
	PMID: 9583415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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38.	Body mass and 26 y risk of mortality among men who never smoked: a re-analysis among men from the Adventist Mortality Study.
	Lindsted KD, Singh PN.
	Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1998 Jun;22(6):544-8.
	PMID: 9665675 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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39.	Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies.
	Key TJ, Fraser GE, Thorogood M, Appleby PN, Beral V, Reeves G, Burr ML, Chang-Claude J, Frentzel-Beyme R, Kuzma JW, Mann J, McPherson K.
	Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Sep;70(3 Suppl):516S-524S.
	PMID: 10479225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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40.	The effect of menopause on the relation between weight gain and mortality among women.
	Singh PN, Haddad E, Knutsen SF, Fraser GE.
	Menopause. 2001 Sep-Oct;8(5):314-20.
	PMID: 11528356 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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41.	Does low meat consumption increase life expectancy in humans?
	Singh PN, Sabaté J, Fraser GE.
	Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Sep;78(3 Suppl):526S-532S. Review.
	PMID: 12936945 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
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42.	Meats, processed meats, obesity, weight gain and occurrence of diabetes among adults: findings from Adventist Health Studies.
	Vang A, Singh PN, Lee JW, Haddad EH, Brinegar CH.
	Ann Nutr Metab. 2008;52(2):96-104. Epub 2008 Mar 18. Erratum in: Ann Nutr Metab. 2010;56(3):232.
	PMID: 18349528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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43.	Does excess body fat maintained after the seventh decade decrease life expectancy?
	Singh PN, Haddad E, Tonstad S, Fraser GE.
	J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jun;59(6):1003-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03419.x. Epub 2011 Jun 7.
	PMID: 21649624 [PubMed - in process]
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44.	Effect of weight loss in adults on estimation of risk due to adiposity in a cohort study.
	Kyulo NL, Knutsen SF, Fraser GE, Singh PN.
	Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jan; 20 (1): 206-31. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.281. Epub 2011 Sep 22.
	PMID: 21938076 [PubMed - in process]
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Articles not found on PubMed:

1. Dysinger PW, Lemon FR, Crenshaw GL, Walden RT: Pulmonary emphysema in a non-smoking population. Dis Chest 1963; 43:17-26.
2. Phillips RL, Kuzma JW: Estimating major nutrient intake from self-administered food frequency questionnaires. (Abstract) Am J Epidemiol 1976; 104:354-355. See abstract.
   
3. Phillips RL, Kuzma JW, Lotz TM: Cancer mortality among comparable members versus non-members of the Seventh-day Adventist church. In: Cancer Incidence in Defined Populations (Banbury Report 4; Cairns J, Lyon JL, Skolnick M, eds). New York, 1980, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. pp. 93-108.
4. Kuzma JW, Beeson WL: The relationship of lifestyle characteristics to mortality among California Seventh-day Adventists. Proceedings of the 19th National Meeting of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics, DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 81-1214, 1981.
5. Snowdon DA, Phillips RL, Kuzma JW: Age at baptism into the Seventh-day Adventist Church and risk of death due to ischemic heart disease -A preliminary report. In: Environmental Effects on Maturation (Banbury Report No.11; Hunt VR, Smith MK, Worth D, eds). New York, 1982, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. pp 465-472. See abstract.
   
6. Turjman N, Guidry C, Jaeger B, Mendeloff AI, Calkins B, Phillips RL, Nair PP: Fecal bile-acids and neutral sterols in Seventh-day Adventists and the general population in California. In: Colon and Nutrition (Falk Symposium 32; Kasper H, Goebell H, eds). Lancaster, England, 1982, MTP Press, Ltd. pp 291-297.
7. Phillips RL, Snowdon DA, Brin BN: Cancer in vegetarians. In: Environmental Aspects of Cancer--The Role of Macro and Micro Components of Foods (Wynder EL, Leveille GA, Weisburger JH, Livingston EG, eds). Westport, Connecticut, 1983, Food and Nutrition Press. pp 53-72.
8. Snowdon DA: Epidemiology of aging: Seventh-day Adventists--A bellwether for future progress. In: Intervention in the Aging Process (Regelson W, Sinex FM, eds). New York 1983, Alan R. Liss. pp 141-149.
9. Snowdon DA, Sumbureru D, Kuzma JW: Bereavement and risk of death from major causes among Seventh-day Adventists. (Abstract) Am J Epidemiol 1984; 120:480. See abstract.
   
10. Phillips RL, Snowdon DA: Mortality among Seventh-day Adventists in relation to dietary habits and lifestyle. In: Plant Proteins: Application, Biologic Effect, and Chemistry (Ory RL, ed). Washington DC, 1986, American Chemical Society. pp 162-174. See abstract.