Applying respondent driven sampling to migrant populations: Lessons from the field

Applying Respondent Driven Sampling to Migrant Populations: Lessons from the Field

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-126

  Tyldum, Guri ^a   Johnston, Lisa G ^b  

^a Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84942808591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137363619     Document Type: Book

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