A Pocketful of Prevention

Preventive Care Guidelines adapted from the United States Preventive Services Task Force Report

Edited by Thomas M. Masterson, M.D.

Fairfax Hospital, Annandale, Virginia

International Medical Publishing, Inc.

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Pocketful of Prevention is based on material found in the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd edition. International Medical Publishing, Inc. provides no warranty for the data or the opinions expressed herein.

Copyright 1998, International Medical Publishing, Inc.

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Pocketful of Prevention: Preventive Care Guidelines

adapted from the United States Preventive Services

Task Force Report

Thomas M. Masterson, M.D., Editor

International Medical Publishing, Inc.

ISBN 1-883205-44-1

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The following chapters are not intended as a complete list of all that should occur during the periodic health examination. Rather, the preventive services outlined in each chapter emphasize recommendations made by the Task Force based on satisfactory evidence of clinical effectiveness. Preventive measures involving persons with signs or symptoms are not within the scope of the Task Force Report.

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