Bias analysis to improve monitoring an HIV epidemic and its response: Approach and application to a survey of female sex workers in Iran

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 882-887

  Mirzazadeh, Ali ^a,b,c   Mansournia, Mohammad Ali ^a   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^d   Navadeh, Soodabeh ^a,c   McFarland, Willi ^b   Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^c,e   Mohammad, Kazem ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONDOM USE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MODEL VALIDATION; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING BIAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH METHODS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL BIAS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIDS; HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; HIV; MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH METHODS;

BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84885386822     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202521     Document Type: Article

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