Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Selected References

Screening and Vaccinating Adolescents and Adults to Prevent Congenital Rubella Syndrome

Adapted by Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, MD, MSc, FCFP, Department of Family Medicine, University of Montreal, from a report prepared for the US Preventive Services Task Force by Carolyn DiGuiseppi, MD, MPH

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in January 1994

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19. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: an Assessment of the Effectiveness of 169 Interventions. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Md, 1989: 215-219

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