How to find non-dependent opiate users: A comparison of sampling methods in a field study of opium and heroin users

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Korf, Dirk J ^a   van Ginkel, Patrick ^a   Benschop, Annemieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnographic fieldwork; Hidden populations; Non dependent opiate use; Snowball sampling; Targeted sampling

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNOWBALL SAMPLE;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; OPIUM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 77950459532     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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