T-ACASI reduces bias in STD measurements: The national STD and behavior measurement experiment

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-506

  Villarroel, Maria A ^a,b   Turner, Charles F ^a,c,f   Rogers, Susan M ^a   Roman, Anthony M ^d   Cooley, Phillip C ^a   Steinberg, Allyna B ^e   Eggleston, Elizabeth ^a   Chromy, James R ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; INTERVIEW BIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TELEMETRY; TELEPHONE COMPUTER ASSISTED SELF INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449114184     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318165925a     Document Type: Article

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