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Women's Health Initiative, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH

Internet URL

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/index.html  

Sponsoring Agency

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Description

The WHI focus is on the major causes of death, disability and frailty in postmenopausal women. The overall goal of WHI is to reduce coronary heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and bone fractures among postmenopausal women via prevention/intervention strategies and risk factor identification.

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Review Date

4/24/2007