The Use of Local Networks in a Study of Heroin Users: Assessing Average Local Networks;L’atilisation de récute;seaux locaux dans l’étude des consommateurs d’héroine. Evaluation de réseaux locaux moyens

BMS Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/ Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-61

  Jansson, Ingegerd ^a   Spreen, Marinus ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug Assistance Programs; Heroin Users; Relational Data; Snowball Sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973442976     PISSN: 07591063     EISSN: 20702779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/075910639805900105     Document Type: Article

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