Assessing the validity of sexual behaviour reports in a whole population survey in rural Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Glynn, Judith R ^a   Kayuni, Ndoliwe ^b   Banda, Emmanuel ^b   Parrott, Fiona ^a   Floyd, Sian ^a   Francis Chizororo, Monica ^a   Nkhata, Misheck ^b   Tanton, Clare ^c   Hemmings, Joanne ^a   Molesworth, Anna ^a   Crampin, Amelia C ^a   French, Neil ^a  

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

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRIANGULATION; VALIDITY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960766143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022840     Document Type: Article

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