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7973878

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
This paper describes a method of estimating the size of a population based on matching the individuals from the population appearing in two or more nonrandom samples. The method has been developed by population biologists and demographers who have shown that the simple estimates based on only two samples are very sensitive to the assumption that the two samples are independent. This assumption is rarely met with human populations. However, estimates based on three or more samples can be derived by fitting a log-linear model to a 2k contingency table. The method is applied to a data set of heroin users seeking treatment or counselling or arrested on drug charges in 1988 or 1989 in a small Australian city. The method produced a stable estimate of 1250 heroin users. This includes only users who are vulnerable to arrest and/or interested in seeking treatment. Although estimates produced by this method should be validated with other techniques it provides a simple, quick method to estimate the numbers of people in other hidden populations which are difficult to access.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0277-9536
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
823-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Indirect estimates of 'hidden' populations: capture-recapture methods to estimate the numbers of heroin users in the Australian Capital Territory.
pubmed:affiliation
Tropical Health Program, University of Queensland Medical School, Herston.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't