An analysis of respondent driven sampling with injection drug users (IDU) in Albania and the Russian Federation

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Stormer, Ame ^a   Tun, Waimar ^a   Guli, Lisa ^a   Harxhi, Arjan ^b   Bodanovskaia, Zinaida ^c   Yakovleva, Anna ^c   Rusakova, Maia ^c   Levina, Olga ^c   Bani, Roland ^d   Rjepaj, Klodian ^d   Bino, Silva ^d  

^a Evaluation Surveillance and Research Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c Saint Petersburg Non Governmental Organization of Social Projects Stellit   (Russian Federation)

^d Ministry of Health   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Injection drug users; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY SEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION DRUG USER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLING; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT RECRUITMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RUSSIA; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845630348     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9105-y     Document Type: Article

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