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The study cohort is funded by the National Institute on Aging and is composed of 8,394 Washington County residents who participated in two specimen banks: CLUE I established in 1974 and CLUE II established in 1989. The cohort has been followed prospectively since 1974. Genetic polymorphisms have been determined using DNA extracted from buffy coat specimens obtained from cohort participants in 1989 and stored at –70 C. This study is one of the largest prospective population-based cohort studies to investigate the effects of the interaction of genes and environmental exposure on cancer specifically, and health and aging in general.
Students
from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Administration
were initially required to spend three weeks observing the
Demonstration. These visits were continued for only a few
years, however, presumably being discontinued because the
local staff evinced no interest in teaching while the School
faculty showed little interest in the Demonstration except
for the research results. The Demonstration itself also ceased
when the County Commissioners failed to take over its financial
support.
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