Methodological considerations in using the Network Scale Up (NSU) for the estimation of risky behaviors of particular age-gender groups: An example in the case of intentional abortion

• Maryam Zamanian,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran

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• Farzaneh Zolala,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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• Ali Akbar Haghdoost,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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• Saeide Haji-Maghsoudi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

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• Zeynab Heydari,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Centre, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran

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• Mohammad Reza Baneshi

  Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rbaneshi2@gmail.com

  Affiliation Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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