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Peer reviewedBreslow, Lester – Science, 1978
Risk factors for disease consist of personal habits such as cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, and bodily characteristics such as hypertension and high serum cholesterol. Progress in identifying, quantifying, and controlling risk factors is opening the way to the prevention of disease. (BB)
Descriptors: Disease Control, Drinking, Health, Hypertension
