Reducing selection bias in the use of focus groups to investigate hidden populations: The case of Mexican-American gang members from South Texas

Drugs and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 209-224

  Valdez, Avelardo ^a   Kaplan, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031697671     PISSN: 87568233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J023v14n01_15     Document Type: Article

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