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The Third National Health and Nutrition ExaminationSurvey(NHANES Ⅲ)provides a unique means of samplinghuman DNA from a representative U.S.population targetedfor health examination.The proqrdm intvolves gatheringeach participant’s health and nutritional history andadministering a battery of physical and biochemical tests.This 6-year program to collect blood from about 20,000participants 12 years of age and older will end in late1994. The NHANES Ⅲ CeLl(DNA)bank is a unique nationalresource because of its large size,nationallyrepresentative nature,capacity for longitudinal follow-upof study individuals,and amount of information on eachparticipant.A mechanism to share this resource with thescientific community will be established.
The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Course (NHANES III) provides a unique means of sampling human DNA from a representative USpopulation targeted for health examination. The proqrdm intvolves gatheringeach participant’s health and nutritional history andadministering a battery of physical and biochemical tests. This 6-year program to collect blood from about 20,000 participants 12 years of age and older will end in late 1994. The NHANES III CeLl (DNA) bank is a unique national resource because of its large size, nationallyrepresentative nature, capacity for longitudinal follow-up of study individuals, and amount of information on eachparticipant. A mechanism to share this resource with thescientific community will be established.