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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

Systematic Review to Update the 2001 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation

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AHRQ Publication No. 08-05117-EF-4
Current as of July 2008

Internet Citation:

Nelson HD, Bougatsos C, Nygren P. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening: Systematic Review to Update the 2001 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05117-EF-4, July 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf08/newbornhear/newbornart.htm.