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Screening, in general, is the investigation of a great number of something (for instance, people) looking for those with a particular problem or feature. One example is at an airport, where many bags get x-rayed to try to detect any which may contain weapons or explosives. People are also screened going through a metal detector. Even though the procedure aims at a large number of screens, it is always equivalent to sampling in statistics, because the complete population is almost always unac ...
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Screening Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/
- College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org/
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubsix.htm
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/index.htm
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Publication Distribution Center
- National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS http://cms.hhs.gov/
- Harvard University, Center of Excellence http://www.hmcnet.harvard.edu/coe/
- National Association of People with AIDS http://www.napwa.org/
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/
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