Balancing Theory and Practice in Respondent-Driven Sampling: A Case Study of Innovations Developed to Overcome Recruitment Challenges

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Truong, Hong Ha M ^a,b   Grasso, Michael ^c   Chen, Yea Hung ^c   Kellogg, Timothy A ^c   Robertson, Tyler ^c   Curotto, Alberto ^a   Steward, Wayne T ^a   McFarland, Willi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; SAMPLING; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882726034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070344     Document Type: Article

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