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Contract JAo. N01 -HH-8-1388, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, Bethesda, Md. 

The American Dietetic Association, the American Heart Association, and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute recommend 142—198 g (5—7 02) of lean, trimmed meat daily. It was also pointed out that trimmed meat, especially red meat, provides large amounts of essential nutrients such as iron, 2inc, vitamin balanced protein. The idea that the risk of CHD and cancer can be greatiy reduced by avoiding a meat-centered diet have prompted... 

This work was supported by grants from The British Heart Foundation (BS-5), The Wellcome Trust, and The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (HL-37278). 

Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Daniels SR, et al. Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome an American Heart Association/ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Scientific Statement. Circulation 2005 112( 17) 2735 2752. 

Adapted from National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. 

Adapted from National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. National Asthma and Education Prevention Program. Expert Panel Report. Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Update on Selected Topics 2002. http //www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/asthmafullrpt.pdf accessed August 2005 used with permission. 

Our work has been supported mainly by the Army Research Office, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Office of Naval Research, and the Public Health Service through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 

HanbauerI NHLBI, NIH To understand the neurotoxic effect of lead (Pb) National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute... 

National Heart LaBI. NHLBI/WHO workshop report global strategy for asthma management and prevention. Global initiative for asthma. Bethesda National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1995. 

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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. Available online at http //www.nhlbi.nih gov/guidelines/obesity/ob home.htm. 

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)., Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity The evidence report, US Government Press, Washington DC, 1998. 

Acknowledgments The authors thank the members of the Kentucky Pediatric Research Institute working group for valuable advice and assistance. This work was supported, in part, by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL68509 and HL78976 EJS). 

Thom, T.J., Epstein, F.H., Feldman, J.J., Leaveton, P.E. and Wolz, M. (1992). Total mortality from heart disease, cancer and stroke from 1950 to 1987 in 27 Countries. National Institutes of Health publication no. 02-3088. National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda. 

Figure 1, the text in Subheading 1. regarding Fig. 1, and portions of the text in Subheading 2. were generously provided by Kenneth Spring, DDS, PhD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. 

Mortality In the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute s Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST), a long-term, multicentered, randomized, double-blind study in patients with asymptomatic nonlife-threatening ventricular arrhythmias who had an Ml more than 6 days but less than 2 years previously, an excessive mortality or nonfatal cardiac arrest rate was seen in patients treated with encainide or flecainide (7.7%) compared with that seen in patients assigned to matched placebo-treated groups (3%). The averaged duration of treatment with encainide or flecainide in this study was 10 months. 

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Expert Panel Report 2. National Institutes of Flealth. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. February 1997. htto //www.lunausa.ora/asthma/astnhlbi.html MDI = Metered dose inhaler. DPI = Dry powder inhaler. ... 

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