Sampling biases and missing data in explorations of sexual partner networks for the spread of sexually transmitted diseases

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 2079-2097

  Ghani, A C ^a   Donnelly, C A ^a   Garnett, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTACT TRACING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0032582029     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980930)17:18<2079::AID-SIM902>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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