The Medical Follow-Up Agency: The First Fifty Years, 1946-1996

by Edward D. Berkowitz, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309064406
• ISBN13: 9780309064408
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"