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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

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Task No. 2

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

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Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

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Portland, OR 97201

Authors:

Evelyn P. Whitlock, MD, MPH

Carla A. Green, PhD, MPH

Michael R. Polen, MA

Task Force Liaisons:

Alfred Berg, MD, MPH

Jonathan Klein, MD, MMPH

Albert Siu, MD, MSPH

C. Tracy Orleans, PhD

Kaiser Permanente

Center for Health Research

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Portland, Oregon 97227-1110

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

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Portland, Oregon 97201

March 2004

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