Raves, drugs and experience: Drug use by a sample of people who attend raves in Western Australia

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1327-1337

  Lenton, Simon ^a,b   Boys, Annabel ^a   Norcross, Kath ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; LYSERGIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DANCING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DANCING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030730271     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02851.x     Document Type: Article

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