’I’d never share a needle’…[but I often have unsafe sex]: Considering the paradox of young people’s sex and drugs talk

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-361

  Hillier, Lynne ^a   Dempsey, Deborah ^a   Harrison, Lyn ^a  

^a Health and Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; METHODOLOGY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DRUG USAGE; OCEANIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033205831     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910599300932     Document Type: Article

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