Peter N Lee

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Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Why are lung cancer rate trends so different in the United States and United kingdom?
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, 17 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5DA, UK
    Inhal Toxicol 15:909-49. 2003
  2. ncbi Does increased cigarette consumption nullify any reduction in lung cancer risk associated with low-tar filter cigarettes?
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Inhal Toxicol 16:817-33. 2004
  3. ncbi Circulatory disease and smokeless tobacco in Western populations: a review of the evidence
    Peter N Lee
    PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, 17 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5DA, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 36:789-804. 2007
  4. ncbi Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer
    Rolf Weitkunat
    PMI Research and Development, Philip Morris Products S, A, Neuchatel, Switzerland
    BMC Public Health 7:334. 2007
  5. ncbi Indirectly estimated absolute lung cancer mortality rates by smoking status and histological type based on a systematic review
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BMC Cancer 13:189. 2013
  6. ncbi Reassessing the evidence relating smoking bans to heart disease
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, 17 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey SM25DA, UK
    Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 61:318-31. 2011
  7. ncbi Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence in the 1900s relating smoking to lung cancer
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    BMC Cancer 12:385. 2012
  8. ncbi Using the negative exponential distribution to quantitatively review the evidence on how rapidly the excess risk of ischaemic heart disease declines following quitting smoking
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, 17 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5DA, UK
    Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 64:51-67. 2012
  9. ncbi Systematic review of the relation between smokeless tobacco and cancer of the pancreas in Europe and North America
    Zheng Sponsiello-Wang
    Philip Morris Products S A, PMI Research and Development, Neuchatel, Switzerland
    BMC Cancer 8:356. 2008
  10. ncbi Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence comparing lung cancer risk in smokers of mentholated and unmentholated cigarettes
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Surrey, UK
    BMC Pulm Med 11:18. 2011

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Publications19

  1. ncbi Why are lung cancer rate trends so different in the United States and United kingdom?
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, 17 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5DA, UK
    Inhal Toxicol 15:909-49. 2003
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  2. ncbi Does increased cigarette consumption nullify any reduction in lung cancer risk associated with low-tar filter cigarettes?
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Inhal Toxicol 16:817-33. 2004
    ....
  3. ncbi Circulatory disease and smokeless tobacco in Western populations: a review of the evidence
    Peter N Lee
    PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, 17 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5DA, UK
    Int J Epidemiol 36:789-804. 2007
    ..There is some evidence that nicotine contributes to circulatory disease (CID) from smoking. We therefore reviewed the evidence relating smokeless tobacco (ST) to CID and related risk factors...
  4. ncbi Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer
    Rolf Weitkunat
    PMI Research and Development, Philip Morris Products S, A, Neuchatel, Switzerland
    BMC Public Health 7:334. 2007
    ..We report a detailed quantitative review of the evidence in American and European smokeless tobacco users, and compare our findings with previous reviews and meta-analyses...
  5. ncbi Indirectly estimated absolute lung cancer mortality rates by smoking status and histological type based on a systematic review
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BMC Cancer 13:189. 2013
    ..This hinders interpretation. We attempted to rectify this by deriving estimates indirectly, combining data from national rates and epidemiological studies...
  6. ncbi Reassessing the evidence relating smoking bans to heart disease
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, 17 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey SM25DA, UK
    Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 61:318-31. 2011
    ..Further evidence is needed, possibly by analyzing national mortality data. Our findings highlight the need for a valid approach when estimating the effect of bans, and demonstrate major weaknesses in many previous publications...
  7. ncbi Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence in the 1900s relating smoking to lung cancer
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    BMC Cancer 12:385. 2012
    ..Smoking is a known lung cancer cause, but no detailed quantitative systematic review exists. We summarize evidence for various indices...
  8. ncbi Using the negative exponential distribution to quantitatively review the evidence on how rapidly the excess risk of ischaemic heart disease declines following quitting smoking
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, 17 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5DA, UK
    Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 64:51-67. 2012
    ..The US Surgeon-General's view that excess risk approximately halves after a year's abstinence seems over-optimistic...
  9. ncbi Systematic review of the relation between smokeless tobacco and cancer of the pancreas in Europe and North America
    Zheng Sponsiello-Wang
    Philip Morris Products S A, PMI Research and Development, Neuchatel, Switzerland
    BMC Cancer 8:356. 2008
    ..We present a systematic review of studies from North America and Europe, since data are lacking from other continents. Risk is also difficult to quantify elsewhere due to the various products, compositions and usage practices involved...
  10. ncbi Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence comparing lung cancer risk in smokers of mentholated and unmentholated cigarettes
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Surrey, UK
    BMC Pulm Med 11:18. 2011
    ....
  11. ncbi Summary of the epidemiological evidence relating snus to health
    Peter N Lee
    PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 59:197-214. 2011
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  12. ncbi Systematic review of the evidence relating FEV1 decline to giving up smoking
    Peter N Lee
    PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Surrey, UK
    BMC Med 8:84. 2010
    ..We review available evidence to estimate this reduction and quantify the relationship of smoking to beta...
  13. ncbi The relation between smokeless tobacco and cancer in Northern Europe and North America. A commentary on differences between the conclusions reached by two recent reviews
    Peter N Lee
    PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Surrey, UK
    BMC Cancer 9:256. 2009
    ..We found no association with stomach, bladder and all cancers combined, using data as extensive as that for oesophageal, pancreatic and lung cancer. We explain these differences...
  14. ncbi Systematic review of the relation between smokeless tobacco and cancer in Europe and North America
    Peter N Lee
    PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Surrey, UK
    BMC Med 7:36. 2009
    ..We review North American and European studies and compare effects of smokeless tobacco and smoking...
  15. ncbi Does use of flue-cured rather than blended cigarettes affect international variation in mortality from lung cancer and COPD?
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Inhal Toxicol 21:404-30. 2009
    ..Between-country differences in rates of two major diseases predominantly caused by smoking cannot materially be explained by whether the countries use flue-cured or blended cigarettes...
  16. ncbi Do reductions in the tar and nicotine yields of cigarettes help to explain recent reductions in lung cancer rates in young men and women in the United States?
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Inhal Toxicol 18:365-88. 2006
    ..Interpretation is not straightforward, but the findings suggest declines in yields have contributed to the recent declines in rates in young U.S. men and women...
  17. ncbi Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence relating smoking to COPD, chronic bronchitis and emphysema
    Barbara A Forey
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    BMC Pulm Med 11:36. 2011
    ..Smoking is a known cause of the outcomes COPD, chronic bronchitis (CB) and emphysema, but no previous systematic review exists. We summarize evidence for various smoking indices...
  18. ncbi Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence relating FEV1 decline to lung cancer risk
    John S Fry
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    BMC Cancer 12:498. 2012
    ..We used results reported directly as β, and as grouped levels of RR in terms of FEV1%P and of associated measures (e.g. FEV1/FVC)...
  19. ncbi Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and risk of breast cancer in nonsmoking women: a review with meta-analyses
    Peter N Lee
    P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Inhal Toxicol 18:1053-70. 2006
    ..Because of the inherent implausibility that ETS exposure might cause breast cancer, given the similar risks of smokers and nonsmokers, one cannot confidently conclude ETS exposure increases risk in nonsmokers...