Evaluating recruitment among female sex workers and injecting drug users at risk for HIV using respondent-driven sampling in Estonia.

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Published in J Urban Health on February 04, 2010

Authors

Anneli Uusküla1, Lisa G Johnston, Mait Raag, Aire Trummal, Ave Talu, Don C Des Jarlais

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Ravila 19, Tartu 50411, Estonia. anneli.uuskula@ut.ee

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