Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 10 , Pages 734-742 , October 2010

Variability of the Date of HIV Diagnosis: A Comparison of Self-Report, Medical Record, and HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data

  • Sandra I. McCoy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Sandra I. McCoy, PhD, Institute of Business and Economic Research, F502 Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1922. Tel: (510) 332-6612.
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  • Bill Jones, MPH

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, NC
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  • Peter A. Leone, MD

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, NC
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Sonia Napravnik, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • E. Byrd Quinlivan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Joseph J. Eron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • William C. Miller, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Received 12 March 2010 ,Accepted 16 May 2010.

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PII: S1047-2797(10)00112-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.001

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 10 , Pages 734-742 , October 2010

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