Ernst Wynder
Ernst Ludwig Wynder | |
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| Born | April 30, 1922 |
| Died | July 14, 1999 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | German, American |
| Alma mater | New York University Washington University School of Medicine |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, educator, health researcher |
| Known for | Linking smoking with lung cancer |
| Awards | Robert Koch Prize (Gold, 1990) |
Ernst Ludwig Wynder (April 30, 1922 – July 14, 1999) was an American epidemiology and public health researcher who studied the health effects of smoking tobacco. His and Evarts Ambrose Graham's joint publication of "Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchiogenic Carcinoma: A Study of 684 Proved Cases" appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It was one of the first major scientific publications to identify smoking as a contributory cause of lung cancer.