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Science 9 September 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5741, p. 1679
DOI: 10.1126/science.1116491
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MEDICINE:
Factoring Risks to the Heart

Amalia M. Issa

A Change of Heart
How the Framingham Heart Study Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease
by Daniel Levy and Susan Brink
Knopf, New York, 2005. 268 pp. $26.95, C$37.95. ISBN 0-375-41275-1.
The authors blend together history, anecdotes, and lessons for reducing the risks of cardiovascular disease drawn from the almost 60 years of a landmark epidemiological study.
The reviewer is in the Division of Health, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401 and at the UCLA School of Public Health, Post Office Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA. E-mail: aissa1{at}ucla.edu

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