To Cite:
Naderifar
M, Goli
H, Ghaljaie
F. Snowball Sampling: A Purposeful Method of Sampling in Qualitative Research,
Strides Dev Med Educ.
2017
; 14(3):e67670.
doi: 10.5812/sdme.67670.
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