Short Report
Process for guideline development by the reconstituted Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Sarah Connor Gorber, Harminder Singh, Kevin Pottie, Alejandra Jaramillo and Marcello Tonelli
CMAJ October 02, 2012 184 (14) 1575-1581; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.120642
Sarah Connor Gorber
From the Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Jaramillo), Ottawa, Ont.; the Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; the Departments of Family Medicine and of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Pottie), University of Ottawa, Ont.; and the Departments of Medicine and of Public Health Sciences (Tonelli), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Harminder Singh
From the Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Jaramillo), Ottawa, Ont.; the Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; the Departments of Family Medicine and of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Pottie), University of Ottawa, Ont.; and the Departments of Medicine and of Public Health Sciences (Tonelli), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Kevin Pottie
From the Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Jaramillo), Ottawa, Ont.; the Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; the Departments of Family Medicine and of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Pottie), University of Ottawa, Ont.; and the Departments of Medicine and of Public Health Sciences (Tonelli), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Alejandra Jaramillo
From the Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Jaramillo), Ottawa, Ont.; the Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; the Departments of Family Medicine and of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Pottie), University of Ottawa, Ont.; and the Departments of Medicine and of Public Health Sciences (Tonelli), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Marcello Tonelli
From the Public Health Agency of Canada (Connor Gorber, Jaramillo), Ottawa, Ont.; the Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; the Departments of Family Medicine and of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Pottie), University of Ottawa, Ont.; and the Departments of Medicine and of Public Health Sciences (Tonelli), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

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Sarah Connor Gorber, Harminder Singh, Kevin Pottie, Alejandra Jaramillo, Marcello Tonelli
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