Stephen Frankel

Breastfeeding and cardiovascular mortality: the Boyd Orr cohort and a systematic review with meta-analysis (2004)

Martin, Richard M, Davey Smith, George, Mangtani, Punam, Tilling, Kate, Frankel, Stephen, Gunnell, David

Aims To investigate the association of breastfeeding with all-cause, cardiovascular, and ischaemic heart disease mortality. Methods and results A long-term follow-up of 4999 children originally...

Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Adult Cardiovascular Mortality: The Boyd Orr Cohort (1999)

Frankel, Stephen, Smith, George Davey, Gunnell, David

The relation between childhood socioeconomic position and adult cardiovascular mortality is examined in 3,750 individuals whose families took part in the Carnegie survey of family diet and health in...

Purchasing evidence: the corollary of evidence-based purchasing (1997)

Gray, Selena F., Bevan, Gwyn, Frankel, Stephen

The National Health Service (NHS) market led to problems in funding research and development (R&D). The current policy is to resolve these by funding R&D through a national levy on purchasers. The...

Inheriting heart trouble: the relevance of common-sense ideas to preventive measures (1989)

Davison, Charlie, Frankel, Stephen, Smith, George Davey

This paper is concerned with the cultural norms and common-sense ideas about inherited health and inherited heart trouble that were encountered during field research in an urban neighbourhood of...

Hospital admissions, age, and death: retrospective cohort study

Dixon, Tracy, Shaw, Mary, Frankel, Stephen, Ebrahim, Shah

Objectives Ageing of the population brings the possibility of increased burdens for acute hospital services because of the marked increase in many common diseases with age. We aimed to examine the...

Smoking and Ill Health: Does Lay Epidemiology Explain the Failure of Smoking Cessation Programs Among Deprived Populations?

Lawlor, Debbie A, Frankel, Stephen, Shaw, Mary, Ebrahim, Shah, Smith, George Davey

The resistance of disadvantaged groups to anti-smoking advice is remarkable. In relation to the study of differing cultures, there is a long-standing academic tradition assuming that behavior that...

Hospital admissions, age, and death: retrospective cohort study

Dixon, Tracy, Shaw, Mary, Frankel, Stephen, Ebrahim, Shah

Objectives Ageing of the population brings the possibility of increased burdens for acute hospital services because of the marked increase in many common diseases with age. We aimed to examine the...

Smoking and Ill Health: Does Lay Epidemiology Explain the Failure of Smoking Cessation Programs Among Deprived Populations?

Lawlor, Debbie A, Frankel, Stephen, Shaw, Mary, Ebrahim, Shah, Smith, George Davey

The resistance of disadvantaged groups to anti-smoking advice is remarkable. In relation to the study of differing cultures, there is a long-standing academic tradition assuming that behavior that...