Finding a needle in a haystack: Methods for sampling in the bisexual community

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-74

  Hartman, Julie E ^a  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexuality; Methods; Recruitment and sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951960840     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2011.545306     Document Type: Article

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