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By Stewart Wolf and John G. Bruhn. 171 pp., illustrated. New Brunswick, N.J., Transaction, 1993. $29.95. ISBN 1-56000-043-0.

The title of this book is misleading, for there is little in it on the subject of clans. Its subtitle, "The Influence of Human Relationships on Heart Disease," is more informative, since the subject is the authors' study of heart disease and human relationships in the town of Roseto, Pennsylvania. The enchanting story of Roseto, which the authors have described before, is retold and updated in the current book. Dr. Wolf became interested in the small town of Roseto in the eastern part of Pennsylvania in 1962, when Dr. Benjamin Falcone, a practitioner there, told him that he had rarely . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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