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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Evidence Syntheses, formerly Systematic Evidence Reviews
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Evidence Syntheses
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Chapter  44:  Screening for Elevated Lead Levels in Childhood and Pregnancy: Update of a 1996 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Review

A46917

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract Number 290-02-0024

Task Order Number 2

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

Prepared by:

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

Portland, Oregon

Investigators:

Gary Rischitelli, MD, JD, MPH

Peggy Nygren, MA

Christina Bougatsos, BS

Michele Freeman, MPH

Mark Helfand, MD, MPH

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

Oregon Health and Science University

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road

Portland, Oregon 97239

December 2006

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract Number 290-02-0024

Task Order Number 2

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

Prepared by:

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

Portland, Oregon

Investigators:

Gary Rischitelli, MD, JD, MPH

Peggy Nygren, MA

Christina Bougatsos, BS

Michele Freeman, MPH

Mark Helfand, MD, MPH

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

Oregon Health and Science University

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road

Portland, Oregon 97239

December 2006

Contents

1996 Recommendations

Methods for Updating the 1996 Report

Results

Recommendations of Other Groups

Discussion

Appendix 1: Criteria for Grading the Internal Validity of Individual Studies

References

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