Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 603-607 , August 2007

Weighting Condom Use Data to Account for Nonignorable Cluster Size

  • John M. Williamson, MSc, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: John M. Williamson, ScD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectio, Atlanta, GA 30341.
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  • Hae-Young Kim, MSc
    • ,
  • Lee Warner, MPH, PhD

Received 29 September 2006 ,Accepted 26 March 2007.

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PII: S1047-2797(07)00142-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.008

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 603-607 , August 2007

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