Update on the methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Insufficient evidence

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Petitti, Diana B ^a   Teutsch, Steven M ^b   Barton, Mary B ^c   Sawaya, George F ^d   Ockene, Judith K ^e   Dewitt, Thomas ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SCREENING; SKIN CANCER; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59949098714     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-3-200902030-00010     Document Type: Review

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