Comparison of three methods for ascertainment of contact information relevant to respiratory pathogen transmission in encounter networks

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McCaw, James M ^a   Forbes, Kristian ^b   Nathan, Paula M ^b   Pattison, Philippa E ^b   Robins, Garry L ^b   Nolan, Terence M ^b   McVernon, Jodie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONICS; EUROPE; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953236003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-166     Document Type: Article

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