Understanding recruitment: Outcomes associated with alternate methods for seed selection in respondent driven sampling

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wylie, John L ^a,b   Jolly, Ann M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; Respondent driven sample; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTEREMIA; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84880183823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-93     Document Type: Article

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