The Medical Follow-up Agency The First Fifty Years, 1946-1996

The Medical Follow-up Agency is a national treasure for veterans and for long-term studies of health. Its data resources provide incomparable opportunities to follow very important populations and to ask creative questions about their well-being as well as the occurrence and significance of illness....

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Hauptverfasser: Medicine, Institute of, Santangelo, Mark J, Berkowitz, Edward D
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C National Academies Press 07.01.2000
National Academy Press
Ausgabe:1
Schriftenreihe:The Compass series
Schlagworte:
Health and hygiene
History
Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Medical Follow-up Agency
United States
Veterans
ISBN:0309064406, 9780309064408
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Zusammenfassung:The Medical Follow-up Agency is a national treasure for veterans and for long-term studies of health. Its data resources provide incomparable opportunities to follow very important populations and to ask creative questions about their well-being as well as the occurrence and significance of illness. The Twin Registry provides an opportunity to understand the impact of heredity on health and disease in a population of more than 16,000 pairs of twins (i.e., 32,000 veterans). The Medical Follow-up Agency is a living tribute to the vision, energy, and effectiveness of Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. Dr. DeBakey created the idea for the agency, obtained the appropriate approvals, staffed its initial creation, and 50 years later, spoke on the occasion of its golden anniversary. This sequence of events must be unique in the history of veterans' health and medical research.
ISBN:0309064406
9780309064408
DOI:10.17226/6429