A response to the use of respondent-driven sampling in urban Indigenous populations
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A response to the use of respondent-driven sampling in urban Indigenous populations.
Critical review and evaluation of the article “Mental health and substance use in an urban First Nations population in Hamilton, Ontario” by Firestone et al. brought an important issue to the forefront, namely the use of respondent-driven sampling for participant recruitment. The use of respondent-driven sampling during the study’s recruitment period raises questions about the presence of any u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.108.6017