Reaching Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Comparison of Respondent-Driven Sampling and Time-Location Sampling in Guatemala City
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عنوان ژورنال: AIDS and Behavior
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1090-7165,1573-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0589-7