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Women's Health Initiative
- Alternate Title(s)
- WHI
- Description
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a longitudinal national health study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) that focuses on strategies for preventing heart disease, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women in the United States. The study includes data from 161,808 women aged 50-79 years old at the time of enrollment. Available...
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CancerChronic DiseaseGenomicsHealth StatusMental HealthRisk Factors
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- Application Required
- Local Expert
- Jeffrey S. BergerLila Nachtigall
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NYU Dataset
NYU Women's Health Study
- Alternate Title(s)
- NYUWHS
- Authors
- Yu ChenAnne Zeleniuch-JacquotteAlan A. ArslanYelena Afanasyeva6 more author(s)...
- Description
Data from the ongoing NYU Women's Health Study include biospecimens and survey data with variables concerning health conditions, reproductive history, and dietary habits. Between 1985 and 1991, the NYU Women's Health Study enrolled 14,274 women between the ages of 35 and 65 years old at the Guttman Breast Diagnostic Institute in New York City for a study of endogenous hormones, diet, and risk of breast...
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CancerChronic DiseaseHealth StatusPopulation CharacteristicsRisk Factors
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- Application RequiredAuthor Approval Required
