Lot quality assurance sampling for monitoring coverage and quality of a targeted condom social marketing programme in traditional and non-traditional outlets in India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Piot, Bram ^a   Mukherjee, Amajit ^a   Navin, Deepa ^a   Krishnan, Nattu ^a   Bhardwaj, Ashish ^a   Sharma, Vivek ^a   Marjara, Pritpal ^b  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL MARKETING;

COMMERCE; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 77949884165     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038356     Document Type: Article

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