Collecting close-contact social mixing data with contact diaries: Reporting errors and biases

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 744-752

  Smieszek, T ^a   Burri, E U ^a   Scherzinger, R ^a   Scholz, R W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contact diary; direct transmission; epidemiology; networks; respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTACT DIARY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ERROR; FATIGUE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROBABILITY; REPORTING BIAS; REPORTING ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STUDY DESIGN;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84858057490     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001130     Document Type: Article

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