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HSTAT: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 3rd Edition: Recommendations and Systematic Evidence Reviews, Guide to Community Preventive Services U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Evidence Syntheses, formerly Systematic Evidence Reviews

10. Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease

Systematic Evidence Review

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2101 East Jefferson Street

Rockville, MD 20852

http://www.ahrq.gov/

Contract No. 290-97-0018

Task Order No. 2

Technical Support of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Prepared by:

Oregon Health Sciences University

Evidence-based Practice Center, Portland, Oregon

Linda L. Humphrey, MD, MPH

Lina M.A. Takano, MD, MS

Benjamin K.S. Chan, MS

August 2002

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