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The authors thank Mary White, Sc.D., Chief Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Patrik Johansson, M.D., Medical Officer (AHRQ); Therese Miller, Dr.P.H., Task Order Officer (AHRQ); Janelle Guirguis-Blake, M.D., U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Program Director; and Elizabeth A. Edgerton, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Clinical Prevention, for their contributions. Members of the USPSTF who served as leads for this project include Ned Calonge, M.D., M.P.H.; Michael LeFevre, M.D., M.S.P.H.; Carol Loveland-Cherry, Ph.D., R.N.; and Al Siu, M.D., M.S.P.H. The authors thank Nav Saloojee, M.D., for helping select relevant reports, Tiffany Richards for assisting with the evidence tables, Raymond Daniel for retrieving the full reports, and Chantelle Garritty for helping coordinate the process. The authors also thank Isabella Steffensen and Christine Murray, who dedicated many long hours in the editing of the report and the appendices.
a. Drs.
Dubé and Rostom: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary Medical
Clinic, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
b. Drs.
Lewin, Tsertsvadze, Barrowman, Sampson, and Moher: Chalmers Research Group,
CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
c. Dr. Code: Division of
Internal Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital—Civic Site, Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
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