Approved
consistent with changes and clarifications in NIH memos of 7-26-01
and 8-6-01. In future submissions of this collection as well as the
Arteriosclerosis Risk in Communities survey and the Family and
Genetics Survey, NIH shall include a table comparing the three
studies and assessing the need to continue all three.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2004
08/31/2004
10/31/2001
10,717
0
9,735
8,639
0
6,154
0
0
0
The Framingham Study will conduct
examinations and morbidity follow-up in original offspring, and
third generation participants for the purpose of studying the
determinants of cardiovascular disease.
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