Comparison of sexual behavior data collected using a coital diary and a clinic-based interview during a microbicide pilot study in Mwanza, Tanzania

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 497-501

  Lees, Shelley ^a,b   Cook, Claire ^c   Vallely, Andrew ^d   Desmond, Nicola ^e   Allen, Caroline ^e   Kiro, Kagemlo ^a   Wamoyi, Joyce ^a   Medard, Lemmy ^a   Pool, Robert ^f   Hayes, Richard J ^b   Ross, David A ^b  

^a National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITAL DIARY; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; RECALL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COITUS; CONDOMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACEBOS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

EID: 77955170943     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181d4722d     Document Type: Article

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