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Author Levy, Daniel, M.D.

Title A change of heart : how the Framingham heart study helped unravel the mysteries of cardiovascular disease / Daniel Levy & Susan Brink.

Publication Info. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  614.5 LEVY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  614.591 LEVY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description ix, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
Contents A killer of paupers and presidents -- The dawn of peace and prosperity: and a deadly lifestyle -- Gathering evidence, building on clues -- A struggle for identity -- The people who changed America's heart: voices from Framingham -- The launch of a gold standard -- Wresting control from fate: results that changed a culture -- A near-death experience -- Coming of age in a high-technology world -- Blood pressure: more than just a numbers game -- The wages of sin -- Renegade on the trail of the unknown -- The lifestyle revolution -- Deadly addiction -- Spreading the word -- A fifty-year promise under attack -- The genetic revolution.
Subject Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Massachusetts -- Framingham -- Epidemiology -- History -- 20th century.
Health risk assessment -- History -- 20th century.
Cardiovascular System -- Diseases -- epidemiology -- Massachusetts -- Personal Narratives.
Demography -- Massachusetts.
History, 20th Century -- Massachusetts.
Longitudinal Studies -- Massachusetts.
Risk Factors -- Massachusetts.
Added Author Brink, Susan, 1956-
ISBN 0375412751
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