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Implications of random measurement error in studies adjusting for sexual behaviours
  1. Landon Myer1,
  2. Chelsea Morroni2
  1. 1HIV Prevention and Vaccine Research, South African Medical Research Council, PO Box 658, Hlabisa 3937, South Africa
  2. 2Women's Health Research Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  1. Landon Myer, Fogarty-AITRP, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University, 600 West 168th Street, PH 18, New York, New York, 10032, USA Landon.Myer{at}mrc.ac.zaorlandon_myer{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.77.4.302

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    Editor,—In their recent review of methodological issues in sexual behaviour research, Fenton et al1 provide a comprehensive overview of the major types of sexual behaviour research, the sources of measurement error which may affect such research, and different approaches to measuring various forms of measurement error. We would like to provide an important footnote on the implications of the poor measurement of sexual behaviours for drawing inferences from studies of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) which attempt to adjust for sexual behaviours in their analyses.

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