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Report of the
U.S. Preventive Services Task
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Force, 2nd
ed., 1996 (cont.)
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I: Evidence from
at least 1 properly random- ized
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controlled trial
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II-1: …from
well-designed controlled trials w/o
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randomization
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II-2: …from
well-designed cohort or case-control
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analytic studies
from >1 research grp
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II-3: …from
multiple time series w/ or w/o the
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intervention
(dramatic results, e.g., penicillin)
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III: Experts, experience, case reports
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