Assessing the assumptions of respondent-driven sampling in the national HIV behavioral surveillance system among injecting drug users

Open AIDS Journal

Volumn 6, Issue SPEC.ISSUE 1, 2012, Pages 77-82

  Lansky, Amy ^a   Drake, Amy ^a   Wejnert, Cyprian ^a   Pham, Huong ^b   Cribbin, Melissa ^a   Heckathorn, Douglas D ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral surveillance; HIV; Injection drug use; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870999190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18746136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874613601206010077     Document Type: Article

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