Effects of two telephone survey methods on the level of reported risk behaviours

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-331

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Tsui, H Y ^a   Wang, Q S ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSTITUTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0042388349     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.4.325     Document Type: Article

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