Factors Associated with Productive Recruiting in a Respondent-Driven Sample of Men who Have Sex with Men in Vancouver, Canada

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 379-387

  Forrest, Jamie I ^a   Lachowsky, Nathan J ^a,b   Lal, Allan ^b   Cui, Zishan ^b   Sereda, Paul ^b   Raymond, Henry F ^c,d   Ogilvie, Gina ^a   Roth, Eric A ^e   Moore, David ^a,b   Hogg, Robert S ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gay and bisexual men; HIV; MSM; RDS; Recruitment; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SEXUAL MINORITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL MINORITIES;

EID: 84960086620     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-016-0032-2     Document Type: Article

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