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A -- A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF A COHORT OF BEDOUIN CHILDREN TO AGE 17-18 SOL DESPR-99-01A DUE 092998 POC Harvey Shifrin, Contracting Officer, 301-496-4611 E-MAIL: hs35h@nih.gov, hs35h@nih.gov. Note 22 -- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)has a requirement to follow two cohorts of children who participated in The Bedouin Infant Feeding Study during 1981 and 1982. The purpose of this study is to compare the data collected on the growth and development of these children from birth until age two with their current status at age seventeen and eighteen. The comparsion will include data that was obtained when the children were nine and ten years of age. The NICHD plans to contract directly with Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 since they are the only known source who has the data from the two age periods and has access to the Bedouin population needed to perform the follow-up of these children at age seventeen or eighteen. Any source who believes that they can meet the requirements of this study must demonstrate the following: 1)possession of data on infant feeding practices in a population that was previously nomadic and is now living in one place; 2) growth and morbidity data on the children from birth to two years of age; 3) follow-up data at nine and ten years of age; and 4) access to the population in order to perform the follow-up at seventeen and eighteen. The response should be sent to Harvey Shifrin, Contracting Officer, Contracts Management Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 7A07, MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510. E-Mail and FAX (301-402-3676) are acceptable. All responses are due on later than September 29, 1998. Posted 08/14/98 (W-SN237122). (0226)

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