title: What was the first epidemiological study of smoking and lung cancer?
abstract: Based on his critique of the early case-control study of smoking and lung cancer by Mueller, Morabia questions the priority that has been assigned to this research. I examine Morabia's approach to retrospectively assess quality and question its general applicability and replicability. By citation analyses, the case-control studies published in the 1950s have had far greater impact. Morabia's commentary points to the complexity and subtlety of re-interpreting older literature.
authors: Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC Institute for Global Health, University of Southern California, 2001 N Soto St, Suite 330A, MC9239, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9239, USA. jsamet@med.usc.edu
authors: Jonathan M
authors: JM
authors: Samet
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D058028:Research Report / Q000266:history*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000266:history*