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The National Academies Press

An Assessment of the NIH Women's Health Initiative

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Size: 160 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1993

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Susan Thaul and Dana Hotra, Editors; Committee to Review the NIH Women's Health Initiative, Institute of Medicine
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This book evaluates the design and cost of the National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative, as well as whether the effort can be justified scientifically.
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-18	(skim)
Introduction	19-24	(skim)
Clinical Trial	25-76	(skim)
Observational Study	77-80	(skim)
Community Prevention Study	81-84	(skim)
Concluding Remarks	85-90	(skim)
References	91-94	(skim)
Appendix A: Clinical Trial Exclusion Criteria	95-100	(skim)
Appendix B: U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations COmmittee	101-102	(skim)
Appendix C: Statement of Task	103-104	(skim)
Appendix D: Documents Received by the Institute of Medicine from the National Institutes of Health	105-108	(skim)
Appendix E: Meeting Participants June, July, and August 1993	109-112	(skim)
Appendix F: Primary and Subsidiary Hypotheses of the Women's Health Initiative Clinical Trial	113-114	(skim)
Appendix G: Women's Health Initiative Committees	115-116	(skim)
Appendix H: NIH-Sponsored Women's Health Studies	117-122	(skim)
Appendix I: NIH Cost and FTE Summary for Vanguard Clinical Centers	123-126	(skim)
Appendix J: NIH Power Calculations	127-132	(skim)
Appendix K: Women's Health Initiative Clinical Coordinating Center and Vanguard Clinical Centers Principal Investigators	133-134	(skim)
Appendix L: Abbreviations and Acronyms	135-136	(skim)
Appendix M: Committee and Staff Biographies	137-142	(skim)

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