Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 236-242 , March 2005

Data Collection for Sexually Transmitted Disease Diagnoses: A Comparison of Self-report, Medical Record Reviews, and State Health Department Reports

Received 22 December 2003 ,Accepted 20 July 2004.

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 This work was supported, in part, by Yale University's Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), through grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (P01 MHDA56826) and by training grant T32 MH20031.

PII: S1047-2797(04)00240-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.07.093

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 236-242 , March 2005

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