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National Institutes of Health  

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  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is a U.S. Federal government agency, located in a suburb of Washington, D.C., that disburses more than $28 billion annually to fund biomedical research. The extramural, or granting, program, distributes 80% of the funds to universities and foundations in the United States and across the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; National Institutes of Health]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QDJVCRM7-B

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