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European Journal of Epidemiology

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01.12.2010 | Book Review

Conrad Keating: Smoking kills—the revolutionary life of Richard Doll

Signal Books Limited, Oxford, 2009, pp xviii + 495

verfasst von: Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Erschienen in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Ausgabe 12/2010

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There are two aspects in reviewing a book dedicated to the life of a distinguished public figure. The first refers to the life of the person: how intriguing it was, its highlights and complexities, the steps leading towards the celebrated accomplishments and impediments on the way there. The second has to do with the author of the biography: how objectively and validly (s)he can dissect a complex life and whether (s)he can present it in a way that preserves the truth and at the same time makes it an interesting reading. …

Titel: Conrad Keating: Smoking kills—the revolutionary life of Richard Doll
Signal Books Limited, Oxford, 2009, pp xviii + 495
verfasst von: Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2010
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Ausgabe 12/2010
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-010-9530-9

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