A change of heart : how the Framingham heart study helped unravel the mysteries of cardiovascular disease / Daniel Levy & Susan Brink.
By: Levy, Daniel, M.D.
Contributor(s): Brink, Susan.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2005Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246) and index.Description: ix, 258 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0375412751; 9780375412752.Subject(s): Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Massachusetts -- Framingham -- Epidemiology -- History -- 20th century | Health risk assessment -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 614.5/91/0097444 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher descriptionItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 614.591 L579 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003364114 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246) and index.
A killer of paupers and presidents -- The dawn of peace and prosperity: and a deadly lifestyle -- Gathering evidence, building on clues -- A struggle for identity -- The people who changed America's heart: voices from Framingham -- The launch of a gold standard -- Wresting control from fate: results that changed a culture -- A near-death experience -- Coming of age in a high-technology world -- Blood pressure: more than just a numbers game -- The wages of sin -- Renegade on the trail of the unknown -- The lifestyle revolution -- Deadly addiction -- Spreading the word -- A fifty-year promise under attack -- The genetic revolution.
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