Efficacy of convenience sampling through the internet versus respondent driven sampling among males who have sex with males in Tallinn and Harju County, Estonia: Challenges reaching a hidden population

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1195-1202

  Johnston, Lisa Grazina ^a   Trummal, Aire ^b   Lõhmus, Liilia ^b   Ravalepik, Ardi ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^c NGO Diversity supporting the Needs of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transsexual Persons   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonia; HIV; Internet sampling; Males who have sex with males; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ESTONIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449644266     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120902729973     Document Type: Article

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