Focus on research methods: An evaluation of a self-generated identification code

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-174

  DiIorio, Colleen ^a   Soet, Johanna E ^a   Van Marter, Deborah ^a   Woodring, Tammy M ^a   Dudley, William N ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymous coding; Self generated codes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0034168032     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(200004)23:2<167::aid-nur9>3.0.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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