Richard Doll Editor & Author

Richard Doll (1912-2005) was a British psychologist and one of the most prominent epidemiologists of the twentieth century. Throughout out his research he was able to link smoking with health problems and was the first individual to link smoking with lung cancer and increased risk of heart disease. He also studies the relationship between asbestos and lung cancer and radiation and leukemia. He is the author of many books including The Causes of Cancer: Quantitative Estimates of Avoidable Risks of Cancer in the United States Today and Tobacco and Health.