Innovative sampling and participant recruitment in sexuality research

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 475-481

  McCormack, Mark ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bisexuality; LGBT populations; Marginalized groups; Qualitative research; Sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904549540     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407514522889     Document Type: Article

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