Estimating the size of key populations: Current status and future possibilities

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-114

  Abdul Quader, Abu S ^a   Baughman, Andrew L ^a   Hladik, Wolfgang ^a  

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

Author keywords

capture recapture; key population; network scale up; unique object multiplier

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84894046195     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000041     Document Type: Review

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