The National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey Epidemiologic Followup Study was jointly initiated
by the National Institute on Aging and the National
Center for Health Statistics and has been developed
and funded by the National Institute on Aging;
National Center for Health Statistics; National Cancer
Institute; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute;
National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases; National Institute of Mental
Health; National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism;
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases; and the National Institute of Neurological
and Communicative Disorders and Stroke