Does respondent driven sampling alter the social network composition and health-seeking behaviors of illicit drug users followed prospectively?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Rudolph, Abby E ^a   Latkin, Carl ^a   Crawford, Natalie D ^b,c   Jones, Kandice C ^b   Fuller, Crystal M ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CITY; DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; SAMPLING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 79955855672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019615     Document Type: Article

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