Estimating the size of the MSM populations for 38 European countries by calculating the survey-surveillance discrepancies (SSD) between self-reported new HIV diagnoses from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS) and surveillance-reported HIV diagnoses among MSM in 2009

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Marcus, Ulrich ^a   Hickson, Ford ^b   Weatherburn, Peter ^b   Schmidt, Axel J ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Europe; HIV diagnosis; Internet survey; Men having sex with men; MSM population size; Surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884879181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-919     Document Type: Article

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