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B Thompson: Housing of growing families in Aberdeen (The Medical Officer, 21 May 1954).
G S Kilpatrick, P D Oldham: Sulphonamide prophylaxis in chronic bronchitis: a clinical trial (British Medical Journal, 14 Aug 1954).
R W Luxton: Faith and Health (Lancet 21 Aug 1954).
E M Scott, R Illsley, A M Thomson: A psychological investigation of primagravidae, II: Maternal social class, physique and intelligence (Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology c.1954/55).
R Illsley: Social class selection and class differences in relation to stillbirths and infant deaths (British Medical Journal 24 Dec 1955).
J Aitken Swan and R Paterson: The Cancer Patient: delay in seeking advice (BMJ 12 Mar 1966).
R Illsley: The duration of ante-natal care (The Medical Officer, 24 Aug 1956).
R Illsley: The social context of childbirth (Nursing Mirror 14 and 21 Sept 1956).
B Thompson: Social study of Illegitimate Maternities (British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine (1956) 10).
D V Fairweather and R Illsley: Obstetric and Social Origins of Mentally Handicapped Children (British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine (1960) 14).
R Illsley and B Thompson: Women from broken homes (n.d. c.1960).
W A Gamson: Social science aspects of fluoridation: a summary of research (Health Education Journal), Sept 1961.
J E McGregor and Sir Dugald Baird: Detection of Cervical Cancer in the General Population (BMJ 22 Jun 1963).
M Young, B Benjamin, C Wallis: The mortality of widowers (Lancet 31 Aug 1963).
B Thompson, R Illsley: Demographic factors affecting the marital relationship (Advancement of Science, July 1963).
P R Cox, J R Ford: The mortality of widows shortly after widowhood (Lancet 18 Jan 1964).
M Hamilton, E N Thompson, T K N Wisnieski: The role of bloods, pressure control in preventing complications of hypertension (Lancet 1 Feb 1964).
J D Nisbet, R Illsley, A E Sutherland, M J Douse: Puberty and Test performance: a further report (British Journal of Educational Psychology Vol XXXIV Pt 2, Jun 1964).
H F Mitchell: Sociological aspects of cancer rate surveys in Africa (National Cancer Institute Monograph no 25: Tumours of the Alimentary Tract c.1965/66).
D Oldman, R Illsley: Measuring the status of occupations (The Sociological Review, Vol 14, no 1, Mar 1966).
B Thompson: Early childhood in a West African village (Maternal and Child Care, Vol 3, Aug 1967).
B Thompson and A K Rahman: Infant feeding and child care in a west African village (Journal of Tropical Paediatrics, (Vol 13 no 3, 1967).
W P Black and A B Sclare: Sterilisation by Tubal Ligation - a follow-up study Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 75, Feb 1968).
B Berkov: Illegitimate Births in California (Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly Vol XLVI Oct 1968).
J B McKinley: Better Maternity and Child Care for Whom? (The Medical Officer Vol CXX no 20, 15 Nov 1968).
R Illsley and D G Gill: Changing Trends in Illegitimacy (Social Science and Medicine Vol 2 (1968).
Sir Dugald Baird: Social Research and obstetrics practice (Question Jan 1969).
Leading article: Pregnancy in the young teenager Annotation: Abortion (Lancet 15 Feb 1969).
J K Russell: Pregnancy in the young teenager ( 15 Feb 1969).
Sir Dugald Baird: Fertility Control (British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Feb 1969.
Dugald Baird: An Area Maternity Service (Lancet 8 Mar 1969).
B Dawson, G Horobin, R Illsley, R Mitchell: A survey of childhood asthma in Aberdeen (Lancet, 19 Apr 1969).
M Jeffreys: Sociology and medicine: separation or symbiosis? (Lancet, 7 Jun 1969)
P Marris: The meaning of the Barkeley War (New Society, 10 July 1969).
H Miller: Real goals for medicine (Science Journal, Oct 1969).
D G Gill: Illegitimacy and adoption: its socio-economic correlates. A Preliminary Report (Child Adoption, no 56 1969).
B Thompson and R Illsley: Family Growth in Aberdeen (Journal of Biosocial Science (1969) 1).
J Askham: Delineation of the Lowest Social Class (Journal of Biosocial Science (1969) 1).

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