Impact of statistical adjustment for frequency of venue attendance in a venue-based survey of men who have sex with men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1157-1164

  Gustafson, Paul ^a   Gilbert, Mark ^a   Xia, Michelle ^a   Michelow, Warren ^a   Robert, Wayne ^a   Trussler, Terry ^a   Mcguire, Marissa ^a   Paquette, Dana ^a   Moore, David M ^a   Gustafson, Reka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

data collection; HCV; HIV; models, statistical; population surveillance; prevalence; selection bias; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYING;

CANADA; CHLAMYDIA; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FREQUENCY OF VENUE ATTENDANCE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

DATA COLLECTION; HCV; HIV; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SELECTION BIAS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELECTION BIAS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84877745888     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws358     Document Type: Review

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