Reconsidering the criteria for evaluating proposed screening programs: reflections from 4 current and former members of the U.S. Preventive services task force.

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Published in Epidemiol Rev on June 10, 2011

Authors

Russell Harris1, George F Sawaya, Virginia A Moyer, Ned Calonge

Author Affiliations

1: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Martin Luther King, Campus Box 7590, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA. russell_harris@med.unc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

The Biologic Onset of Crohn's Disease: A Screening Study in First Degree Relatives | NCT03291743

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