Focus on health after 50; UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, CHRISTCHURCH

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Publication: The Press

Date: 2009-02-16 00:00:00

The visit to Christchurch by Professor Dan Levy, who heads the world-renowned Framingham Heart Study, will include discussions with University of Otago, Christchurch, researchers about the planning of a significant new research project - Chalice, the Canterbury Health and Ageing Lifecourse Study.

This new wide-ranging study will recruit a large sample (2500) of 50-year- olds from the Canterbury region, with the objective of first interviewing and assessing them at 50, and then to re- interview and reassess them every five years over many ...

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