National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

United States program

Also known as: NHANES

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biomonitoring
Studies and surveillance programs
… (CDC) as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The NHANES, which has been performed annually since 1999, is used to obtain information on the health and nutrition of approximately 5,000 representative non-institutionalized civilians from the U.S. population. It also collects blood and urine samples from most…
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… (CDC) as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The NHANES, which has been performed annually since 1999, is used to obtain information on the health and nutrition of approximately 5,000 representative non-institutionalized civilians from the U.S. population. It also collects blood and urine samples from most…
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