Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 60-65 , January 2010

Measurement of self-reported HIV risk behaviors in injection drug users: Comparison of standard versus timeline follow-back administration procedures

  • Marc L. Copersino, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program at McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Biology Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    • ,
  • Christina S. Meade, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program at McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • ,
  • George E. Bigelow, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Biology Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    • ,
  • Robert K. Brooner, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Biology Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Behavioral Biology Research Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.

Received 16 December 2008 ,Revised 11 February 2009 ,Accepted 22 June 2009.

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PII: S0740-5472(09)00114-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2009.06.004

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 60-65 , January 2010

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