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A response to the use of respondent-driven sampling in urban Indigenous populations

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Osmond, J. A response to the use of respondent-driven sampling in urban Indigenous populations. Can J Public Health 108, e104–e105 (2017). https://doi.org/10.17269/CJPH.108.6017

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