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Section 8: References

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2) Guirguis-Blake J, Calonge N, Miller T, Siu A, Teutsch S, Whitlock E; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Current processes of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: refining evidence-based recommendation development. Ann Intern Med 2007 Jul 17;147(2):117-22. Epub 2007 Jun 18.

3) Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, Lohr KN, Mulrow CD, Teutsch SM, Atkins D; Methods Work Group, Third US Preventive Services Task Force. Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. Am J Prev Med 2001 Apr;20(3 Suppl):21-35.

4) Sawaya GF, Guirguis-Blake J, LeFevre M, Harris R, Petitti D; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Update on the methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: estimating certainty and magnitude of net benefit. Ann Intern Med 2007 Dec 18;147(12):871-5.

5) Whitlock EP, Orleans CT, Pender N, Allan J. Evaluating primary care behavioral counseling interventions: an evidence-based approach. Am J Prev Med 2002 May;22(4):267-84. Review.

6) Woolf SH. An organized analytic framework for practice guideline development: using the analytic logic as a guide for reviewing evidence, developing recommendations, and explaining the rationale. In: McCormick KA, Moore SR, Siegel RA, eds. Methodology Perspectives. AHCPR Pub. No. 95-0009. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1994, pp. 105-13.

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9) Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, Olkin I, Williamson GD, Rennie D,. et al. Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. Meta-analyis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. JAMA 2000;283:2008-12.

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