Estimating the size of hidden populations using respondent-driven sampling data: Case examples from Morocco

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 846-852

  Johnston, Lisa G ^a   McLaughlin, Katherine R ^b   Rhilani, Houssine El ^c   Latifi, Amina ^d   Toufik, Abdalla ^a   Bennani, Aziza ^d   Alami, Kamal ^c   Elomari, Boutaina ^e   Handcock, Mark S ^b  

^a Independent Consultant to UNAI DS   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNAIDS   (Morocco)

^d National Programme to Fight HIV AIDS   (Morocco)

^e Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIGRANT; MOROCCO; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SAMPLING; SCALE UP; SELF REPORT; TRIANGULATION; BISEXUALITY; DRUG USE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOROCCO; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84942764338     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000362     Document Type: Article

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