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Crete Seven Countries Study Initial Survey

Time Period: 1960

Crete Seven Countries Study Initial Survey

Crete had the lowest mortality and greatest life expectancy among 14 Seven Countries cohorts. It had, in the 1960s, a particularly salubrious lifestyle, indigenous agriculture, and traditional cuisine, much of which has now changed.

Credits/References

Blackburn Collection, CVD History Archive, School of Public Health, Univ. of Minnesota