Use of the scale-up methods in injury prevention research: An empirical assessment to the case of choking in children

Social Networks

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 527-538

  Snidero, Silvia ^a   Morra, Bruno ^b   Corradetti, Roberto ^a   Gregori, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foreign body injuries; Non probabilistic sampling; Population size estimation; Scale up method; Small prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148882641     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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