Reliability of the timeline follow-back sexual behavior interview

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Weinhardt, Lance S ^b   Carey, Michael P ^a   Maisto, Stephen A ^b   Carey, Kate B ^b   Cohen, Meredith M ^b   Wickramasinghe, Sohan M ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031670688     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893805     Document Type: Article

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