Using population screening for recruitment of young adults engaged in illicit drug use: Methodological issues and sampling outcomes

Social Science Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-97

  Smirnov, Andrew ^a,b   Kemp, Robert ^b   Wells, Helene ^c   Legosz, Margot ^c   Najman, Jake M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Crime and Misconduct Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecstasy (MDMA); Illicit drug use; Methamphetamine; Population screening; Probabilistic sampling

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; AMPHETAMINES; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; STREET DRUGS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893495785     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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