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NHLBI Marks Year 70 of Iconic Framingham Heart Study

Some 50 years ago, NIH researchers introduced two words into the American lexicon that flipped the public’s thinking about heart disease on its head—”risk factors.” read more

NHLBI Marks Year 70 of Iconic Framingham Heart Study

Posted 7 years ago in 70th Anniversary

Tagged: 2018

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The Framingham Heart Study is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, under NIH award 75N92019D00031.

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