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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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- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Alcohol Alert #56: Screening for Alcohol Problems--An Update (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Breast CancerScreening - Health Professionals (National Cancer Institute)
- Breast CancerTreatment - Patients (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Facts - Improving Methods for Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
- Cancer Facts - La prueba de Papanicolaou: preguntas y respuestas (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute)
- Cáncer Colorrectal: Rompamos el Silencio (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC)
- Cómo puede el hombre mantenerse saludable a cualquier edad. Lista de verificación para su próximo reconocimiento médico (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Cómo puede la mujer mantenerse saludable a cualquier edad. Lista de verificación para su próximo reconocimiento médico (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Cervical Cancer Screening: What Vietnamese Women Should Know (National Cancer Institute)
- Colorectal Cancer Screening: Summary (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Colorectal Cancer: Let's Break the Silence (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC)
- Colorectal CancerScreening - Health Professionals (National Cancer Institute)
- Colorectal CancerScreening - Patients (National Cancer Institute)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Diagnosing Heart Disease (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Mammograms (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Frequently Asked Questions About HIV and HIV Testing (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Gastric CancerScreening - Health Professionals (National Cancer Institute)
- Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: It's Your Choice (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- Genetic Testing for Cancer RiskScreening/Detection - Health Professionals (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- HealthierUS.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- HIV Testing Fact Sheet (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Learn Your Cholesterol Number! (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Lifetime of Good Health: Your Guide to Staying Healthy (National Women's Health Information Center) - Links to PDF File (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Maternal Blood Screening (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Medicare Preventive Services... To Help Keep You Healthy (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS)
- Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- My Health Test Reminder (College of American Pathologists)
- National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program - 2003 Program Fact Sheet (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC)
- National HIV Testing Day (National Association of People with AIDS)
- National HIV Testing Resources (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- NCI Statement on Mammography Screening (National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Ovarian Cancer (PDQ): Screening (National Cancer Institute)
- Ovarian Cancer: Screening - Health Professionals (National Cancer Institute)
- Pap Test, The - ACOG Publication #AP085 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
- Pap Test: Questions and Answers
- Recommendations for Lipoprotein Measurement (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Screening (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Screening Adults for Lipid Disorders (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Screening for Breast Cancer (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Screening for Cervical CancerScreening/Detection - Health Professionals (National Cancer Institute)
- Screening for Cervical CancerScreening/Detection - Patients (National Cancer Institute)
- Screening for Chlamydial Infection (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Screening for Oral Cancer: Screening/Detection - Health Professional (National Cancer Institute)
- Screening Mammograms
- Screening Tests for Men: What, Why and How Often? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Stereotactic Biopsy of the Breast (Harvard University, Center of Excellence)
- What's New from the USPSTF Screening for Breast Cancer (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Whole-Body CT Screening (Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS)
- WISEWOMAN: Improving the Health of Uninsured Women (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
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