Methodological Research on “Sensitive” Topics: A Decade Review

BMS Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/ Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-49

  Lee, Yeon Ok ^a   Lee, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodological Trends; Methods Literature; Sensitive Topics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973360146     PISSN: 07591063     EISSN: 20702779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0759106312437139     Document Type: Review

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