Central and East European migrant men who have sex with men in London: A comparison of recruitment methods

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Evans, Alison R ^a   Hart, Graham J ^a   Mole, Richard ^a   Mercer, Catherine H ^a   Parutis, Violetta ^a   Gerry, Christopher J ^a   Imrie, John ^a,b   Burns, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONDON; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 79955971625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-69     Document Type: Article

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