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The Seven Countries Study (SCS) has become a classic in science for its pioneering effort in cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemiology and for its powerful lesson to science: that mass phenomena determine the population rates and the preventive strategies of CVD. The idea of the SCS arose in various forms in the minds of imaginative individuals capable of integrating laboratory, clinical, and population evidence. The study was given substance and direction by its leader, our colleague Ancel Keys.
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Blackburn, H. (1994). The Seven Countries Study: A Historic Adventure in Science. In: Keys, A., Toshima, H., Koga, Y., Blackburn, H. (eds) Lessons for Science from the Seven Countries Study. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68269-1_2
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