Methodological problems in AIDS behavioral research: Influences on measurement error and participation bias in studies of sexual behavior

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 339-362

  Catania, Joseph A ^a,d   Gibson, David R ^b   Chitwood, Dale D ^c   Coates, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMAN; RESEARCH; SEX BEHAVIOR; SICK ROLE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025515825     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.108.3.339     Document Type: Article

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