Sampling hard to reach populations

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 790-797

  Faugier, Jean ^a   Sargeant, Mary ^a  

^a NHS Executive North West ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hard to reach populations; Hidden populations; Methods; Non random; Sampling; Snowball

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0031254010     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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