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Nurses Health Study

By: Barry Pakes
In: Encyclopedia of Global Health
Edited by: Yawei Zhang
Subject:Public Health (general), Public Health Education & Health Promotion

The Nurses Health Study (NHS) and its successor, the NHS II, are two of the largest prospective (for-ward-looking) studies ever conducted. The primary purpose of the studies is to investigate the risk factors for major chronic diseases among women. The original ...

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  Pakes, B. (2008). Nurses health study. In Y. Zhang (Ed.), Encyclopedia of global health (Vol. 1, pp. 1255-1256). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n884
  
  Pakes, Barry. "Nurses Health Study." In Encyclopedia of Global Health, edited by Zhang, Yawei, 1255-56. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n884.
  
  Pakes, B. 2008. Nurses Health Study. In: Yawei Zhang Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Global Health, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1255-1256 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n884> [Accessed 22 Apr 2021].
  
  Pakes, Barry. "Nurses Health Study." Encyclopedia of Global Health. Edited by Yawei Zhang. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1255-56. SAGE Knowledge. 22 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n884.
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