Ecstasy use among hispanic and black substance users in New York City

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1399-1407

  Ompad, Danielle C ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a   Fuller, Crystal M ^a   Edwards, Vincent ^b   Vlahov, David ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecstasy; Epidemiology; MDMA; Minority health; Substance use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; KETAMINE; LYSERGIDE; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HISPANIC; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244446021     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-200066960     Document Type: Article

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