Respondent-driven sampling: A new method for studying street children with findings from Albania

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Johnston, Lisa G ^a   Thurman, Tonya R ^a   Mock, Nancy ^a   Nano, Livia ^b   Carcani, Valbona ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Albania; Methods; Respondent driven sampling; Street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951550587     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450120903193923     Document Type: Article

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