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GuidelineCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2017

Recommendations on hepatitis C screening for adults.

Roland Grad, Brett Thombs, Marcello Tonelli, Maria Bacchus, Richard Birtwhistle, Scott Klarenbach, Harminder Singh, Veronique Dorais, Nathalie Holmes, Wendy Martin and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Guideline in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Hepatitis C Screening: A Health Technology Assessment.Ontario health technology assessment series · 2026
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  14. Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022
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  15. Assessing new screening tests: Panacea or profligate?Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022
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  19. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2022
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  20. Prevalence of chronic conditions in Syrian refugees to Ottawa.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roland GradDepartment of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
Brett ThombsDepartment of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
Marcello TonelliDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Maria BacchusDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Richard BirtwhistleDepartments of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
Scott KlarenbachDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Harminder SinghDepartments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Veronique DoraisPublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Nathalie HolmesPublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Wendy MartinPublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Rachel RodinPublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Alejandra Jaramillo GarciaPublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
McGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Preventive Health ServicesAdultAdvisory CommitteesCanadaHepatitis CHumansMass Screening

Identifiers

PMID28438952
PMCPMC5403642
OpenAlexW3024122151

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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