Primary National Strategy

On the basis of findings from studies such as the MRFIT and the LRC-CPPT discussed previously, hypercholesterolemia in adults is now defined in terms of CHD risk. The National Institutes of Health ATP of the NCEP has issued its third report for the detection, evaluation, and treatment of hypercholesterolemia (ATP III). The ATP III built on earlier reports and expanded the indications for intensive cholesterol lowering. In ATP I, strategies for primary prevention of CHD in subjects with LDL-C >160mg/dL or 130 to 159mg/dL and multiple risk factors... 

EEIS follows a strategy that Erst identifies a key institution which has a proven capability in information management and an existing information programme (including staff and budget) as well as the ability to function as an information service to industry in the national context. Such a centre is the project s main liaison for the system in that country and is designated the Primary Contact Point (PCP). 

The authors of this book have been able to respond to this analytical approach to different extents. In several national cases it is evident that the chemical societies chose more or less inclusive strategies - however, for different reasons. The inclusive strategy in the Scandinavian societies was primary based on the limited size of the scientific environments of the individual countries. More restrictive strategies might very well have hindered the survival of the small societies. In the French case, however, the open and inclusive attitude towards the industry was rooted in an expectation of an essential financial support therefore the boundary between the society and the applied sector in France should be looked at as a means of communication rather then as a barrier. This applies to many of the negotiated boundaries in several other societies, as does another fact mentioned in the French chapter, namely that the boundary-work was primarily done unreflectively as a result of everyday routines. The Dutch society undoubtedly chose the most inclusive strategy of all - a choice the society has maintained to the present and which has resulted in... 

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