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. 2007 Sep 14;85(1):148. doi: 10.1007/s11524-007-9218-y

Effectiveness of Respondent–Driven Sampling for Recruiting Drug Users in New York City: Findings from a Pilot Study

Abu S Abdul-Quader 1,, Douglas D Heckathorn 2, Courtney McKnight 3, Heidi Bramson 3, Chris Nemeth 4, Keith Sabin 1, Kathleen Gallagher 1, Don C Des Jarlais 3
PMCID: PMC2430126

Figure 3 was incorrectly printed in the original version of this article. The correct figure may be found below.

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

Sample composition stabilizes, reaching equilibrium independent of the choice of seeds. Recruitment by race/ethnicity, NYC drug users.

Footnotes

Abdul-Quader, Sabin, and Gallagher are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA; Heckathorn is with the Department of Sociology, Cornell University, New York, USA; McKnight, Bramson, and Des Jarlais are with The Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA; Nemeth is with the New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA.

The online version of the original article can be found at doi: 10.1007/s11524-006-9052-7.


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