Reaching black men who have sex with men: A comparison between respondent-driven sampling and time-location sampling

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 622-626

  Wei, Chongyi ^a   McFarland, Willi ^b   Colfax, Grant N ^b   Fuqua, Vincent ^b   Raymond, H Fisher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME LOCATION SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871611983     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050619     Document Type: Article

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