Professor Sir Richard Doll

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Sue Lawley's castaway is epidemiologist Professor Sir Richard Doll.Favourite track: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin Book: Oxford Textbook of Medicine by D A Warrell Luxury: A down pillow

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