A little bit pregnant: Modeling how the accurate detection of pregnancy can improve HIV prevention trials

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-521

  Schreiber, Courtney A ^a,d   Sammel, Mary ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^b,c   Barnhart, Kurt T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials as topic; Contraception; HIV; Pregnancy; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DATA SET; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SCREENING;

ALGORITHMS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TESTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 60149094147     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn345     Document Type: Article

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