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Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/63687, first published .
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Challenging the Continued Usefulness of Social Media Recruitment for Surveys of Hidden Populations of People Who Use Opioids

Challenging the Continued Usefulness of Social Media Recruitment for Surveys of Hidden Populations of People Who Use Opioids

Elizabeth D Nesoff   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Joseph J Palamar   2 , PhD ;   Qingyue Li   3 , MSSP ;   Wenqian Li   3 , MSSP ;   Silvia S Martins   4 , MD, PhD

1 Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States

2 Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States

3 University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia, PA, United States

4 Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Elizabeth D Nesoff, MPH, PhD
  • Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics
  • University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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