Recruitment-adjusted estimates of HIV prevalence and risk among men who have sex with men: Effects of weighting venue-based sampling data

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Jenness, Samuel M ^a,b   Neaigus, Alan ^a   Murrill, Christopher S ^a   Gelpi Acosta, Camila ^c   Wendel, Travis ^d   Hagan, Holly ^e  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING ERROR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BISEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80155186178     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600505     Document Type: Article

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