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Elizabeth Spencer

University of Oxford
Verified email at phc.ox.ac.uk
Cited by 23982

Diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer

TJ Key, A Schatzkin, WC Willett, NE Allen… - Public health …, 2004 - cambridge.org
Objective: To assess the epidemiological evidence on diet and cancer and make public
health recommendations. Design: Review of published studies, concentrating on recent …

Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in adults and children

T Jefferson, MA Jones, P Doshi… - Cochrane database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Neuraminidase inhibitors (NIs) are stockpiled and recommended by public
health agencies for treating and preventing seasonal and pandemic influenza. They are …

The effect of diet on risk of cancer

TJ Key, NE Allen, EA Spencer, RC Travis - The Lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Diet-related factors are thought to account for about 30% of cancers in developed countries.
Obesity increases the risk of cancers in the oesophagus, colorectum, breast, endometrium …

[HTML][HTML] General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe

…, YT Van Der Schouw, E Spencer… - … England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Previous studies have relied predominantly on the body-mass index (BMI, the
weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) to assess the association …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of the IκB kinase complex by TRAF6 requires a dimeric ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme complex and a unique polyubiquitin chain

L Deng, C Wang, E Spencer, L Yang, A Braun, J You… - Cell, 2000 - cell.com
TRAF6 is a signal transducer in the NF-κB pathway that activates IκB kinase (IKK) in
response to proinflammatory cytokines. We have purified a heterodimeric protein complex …

A method of analysis of the stability of embankments assuming parallel inter-slice forces

E Spencer - Geotechnique, 1967 - icevirtuallibrary.com
A method of analysis is described for determining the factor of safety of an embankment
against failure on a cylindrical slip surface. The analysis is in terms of effectivce stress and …

Cancer incidence and mortality in relation to body mass index in the Million Women Study: cohort study

GK Reeves, K Pirie, V Beral, J Green, E Spencer… - Bmj, 2007 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the relation between body mass index (kg/m 2) and cancer incidence
and mortality. Design Prospective cohort study. Participants 1.2 million UK women recruited …

Validity of self-reported height and weight in 4808 EPIC–Oxford participants

EA Spencer, PN Appleby, GK Davey, TJ Key - Public health nutrition, 2002 - cambridge.org
Objective: To assess the validity of self-reported height and weight by comparison with
measured height and weight in a sample of middle-aged men and women, and to determine …

Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

A Trichopoulou, P Orfanos, T Norat… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Objective To examine whether adherence to the modified Mediterranean diet, in which
unsaturates were substituted for monounsaturates, is associated with longer life expectancy …

Gas adsorption sites in a large-pore metal-organic framework

JLC Rowsell, EC Spencer, J Eckert, JAK Howard… - Science, 2005 - science.org
The primary adsorption sites for Ar and N2 within metal-organic framework-5, a cubic
structure composed of Zn4O (CO2) 6 units and phenylene links defining large pores 12 and …