Michael J. Thun
Impact in
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.02%
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Oncology top 0.02%
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
Papers in
- Oncology 84
- Cancer Risks and Factors 44
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening 42
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection 26
- Physiology 54
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation 29
- Co-authors
- Eugenia E. Calle (122 shared papers)Ahmedin Jemal (33 shared papers)Elizabeth Ward (30 shared papers)Carmen Rodríguez (45 shared papers)Thomas S. Murray (3 shared papers)Clark W. Heath (21 shared papers)S. Jane Henley (29 shared papers)Taylor Murray (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention (38 papers)Cancer Causes & Control (30 papers)American Journal of Epidemiology (23 papers)CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (15 papers)JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute (14 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Michael J. Thun
319 papers receiving 74.6k citations
Michael J. Thun's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 226
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8.5k
- Oncology 15.2k
- Cancer Research 6.4k
- Physiology 9.0k
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9.4k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer Statistics, 2007 Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 6349 |
| 2 | Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality from Cancer in a Prospectively Studied Cohort of U.S. Adults Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 5771 |
| 3 | Cancer Statistics, 2004 Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 3370 |
| 4 | Body-Mass Index and Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of U.S. Adults Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 2850 |
| 5 | Cancer Statistics, 2003 Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 2824 |
| 6 | Cancer Statistics, 2001 Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 2823 |
| 7 | Cancer Statistics, 2002 Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 2469 |
| 8 | Particulate Air Pollution as a Predictor of Mortality in a Prospective Study of U.S. Adults Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 2116 |
| 9 | Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 2037 |
| 10 | American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention: Reducing the Risk of Cancer With Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 1412 |
| 11 | Aspirin Use and Reduced Risk of Fatal Colon Cancer Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 1367 |
| 12 | The Effect of Age on the Association between Body-Mass Index and Mortality Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 1276 |
| 13 | 21st-Century Hazards of Smoking and Benefits of Cessation in the United States Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 1233 |
| 14 | Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs as Anticancer Agents: Mechanistic, Pharmacologic, and Clinical Issues Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1187 |
| 15 | Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1153 |
| 16 | Mortality from tobacco in developed countries: indirect estimation from national vital statistics Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 1030 |
| 17 | Alcohol Consumption and Mortality among Middle-Aged and Elderly U.S. Adults Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 963 |
| 18 | 50-Year Trends in Smoking-Related Mortality in the United States Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 817 |
| 19 | Spatial Analysis of Air Pollution and Mortality in Los Angeles Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 766 |
| 20 | Aspirin use and risk of fatal cancer. Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 726 |
About Michael J. Thun
Michael J. Thun is a scholar working on Oncology, Physiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics, having authored 323 papers that have together received 77.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cancer Risks and Factors (44 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (42 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (29 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (27 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (26 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (24 papers), Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (19 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (8.5k citations), Oncology (15.2k citations), Cancer Research (6.4k citations), Physiology (9.0k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (9.4k citations). Michael J. Thun has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Eugenia E. Calle, Ahmedin Jemal, Elizabeth Ward, Carmen Rodríguez, Thomas S. Murray, Clark W. Heath, S. Jane Henley, Taylor Murray, C. Arden Pope and Rebecca L. Siegel. Their work appears in journals such as Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, Cancer Causes & Control, American Journal of Epidemiology, CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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