Simultaneous recruitment of drug users and men who have sex with men in the united states and Russia using respondent-driven sampling: Sampling methods and implications

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Iguchi, Martin Y ^a,b   Ober, Allison J ^a   Berry, Sandra H ^a   Fain, Terry ^a   Heckathorn, Douglas D ^c   Gorbach, Pamina M ^b   Heimer, Robert ^d   Kozlov, Andrei ^e   Ouellet, Lawrence J ^f   Shoptaw, Steven ^g   Zule, William A ^h  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Biomedical Center   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DU; HIV; IDU; MSM; MSMW; Respondent driven sampling; SATHCAP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349084634     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9365-4     Document Type: Article

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