Studies Relying on Passive Retrospective Cohorts Developed From Health Services Data Provide Biased Estimates of Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections

Charlotte Kent, Janice K. Chaw, Robert Kohn, Ying Qing Chen, Jeffrey D. Klausner

Sexually Transmitted Diseases · 2004 · 20 citations · 19 references

Abstract

Estimates of STI incidence based on passive cohort data may have limited epidemiologic value because incidence measures may be highly dependent on the analytic period.

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