Comment: Snowball versus respondent-driven sampling

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 355-366

  Heckathorn, Douglas D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 80855144204     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9531.2011.01244.x     Document Type: Note

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