Improved injection network ascertainment with supplementary elicitation techniques

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-191

  Brewer, Devon D ^a   Hagan, Holly ^b   Hough, Eileen S ^c  

^a Interdisciplinary Scientific Research   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Infectious disease; Injection drug users; Interviews; Memory

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 44349131495     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007167     Document Type: Article

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