Recording sexual behavior: Comparison of recall questionnaires with a coital diary

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 374-380

  Ramjee, Gita ^a   Weber, Amy E ^a   Morar, Neetha S ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; BEHAVIOR; COITAL FREQUENCY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROSTITUTES--WOMEN; RECORDS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032814923     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199908000-00002     Document Type: Article

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