It was begun in the summer of 1976, with 400 underprivileged teenagers executing the designs, and was completed seven summers later after hundreds of residents, academics and social activists were interviewed about the history of the city.
Patients and/or their closest relatives were interviewed about medical history, dietary, and lifestyle habits.
At the pregnancy test session, subjects were interviewed about obstetric history, medication during the preceding 3 months, and tobacco and alcohol use.
Household members also were interviewed about medical history of a convenience sample of household animals (4 cats, including the index cat; 2 dogs; and 1 horse).
All the surviving patients and family members of the dead patients were interviewed about the history of cancer in the family and the age at which other family members developed cancer.
Given what is known about the potential for dispersal of C. gattii (4 ), the owner was extensively interviewed about travel history of the cat and household members, and any travelers to or visitors from California who may have brought items into the house.
This household sub-sample was also interviewed about travel histories in the last six months, duration and destination and the presence of fever in the last 14 days and on the day of survey.
At the beginning of the study, all subjects were interviewed about their family history, consumption of drugs, and personal clinical history.
In a survey led by the neuroscientist Nancy Andreasen, 30 writers from the Iowa Writers' Workshop were interviewed about their mental history.
Just last week, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska declined to release any health records or be interviewed about her medical history, little of which is known to the public.
