Evaluation of the role of location and distance in recruitment in respondent-driven sampling

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  McCreesh, Nicky ^a   Johnston, Lisa G ^b   Copas, Andrew ^c   Sonnenberg, Pam ^c   Seeley, Janet ^a,d,e   Hayes, Richard J ^a   Frost, Simon D W ^f   White, Richard G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VILLAGE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; UGANDA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL STIGMA; UGANDA;

EID: 80054099170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-56     Document Type: Article

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