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A -- HONOLULU-ASIA AGING STUDY POC Silver C. Jones, (301) 496-4487 The National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, intends to negotiate with the Kuakini Medical Center, for a one-year extension of Contract No. NO1-AG-4-2149 to identify persons in the cohort with sleep apnea and to access its relationship to cognitive function and dementia as well as cardiovascular disease. Statutory authority: 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. Inherent duplication of cost to the Government and unacceptable delays in service make competition unfeasible for the extension period. See Numbered Note 22.***** Posted 08/04/98 (W-SN232321). (0216)

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