Effectiveness of Respondent-Driven Sampling for Recruiting Drug Users in New York City: Findings from a Pilot Study
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Urban Health
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1099-3460,1468-2869
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9052-7