Reaching men who have sex with men: A comparison of respondent-driven sampling and time-location sampling in Guatemala City

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3081-3090

  Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^a   Miller, William ^b   Shiraishi, Ray W ^a   Jacobson, Jerry O ^c   Abimbola, Taiwo O ^a   Chen, Sanny Y ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hidden populations; HIV surveillance; MSM; RDS; TLS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84889086269     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0589-7     Document Type: Article

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