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United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988-1994

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
NHANES III
Geography 
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1988 - 12/1994
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Exam
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is an ongoing research survey designed to measure the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The third and last survey in the series before NHANES became a continuous survey in 1999, the 1988-1994 NHANES contains data for 33,994 persons ages 2 months and older. NHANES uses a combination of interviews, physical examinations, and laboratory tests to collect data; interviews include questions concerning demographics, diet, conditions, and health status information, while the examination component consists of medical, dental, and physiological measurements. Blood, urine, and other samples are collected for a variety of laboratory tests and are also saved for a national probability sample of genetic material.

The dataset, available for download on this page, and is compressed in the 7z archive format. Extracting this file requires the 7-Zip file archiver software.

Keywords 
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