Identifying the prevalence and correlates of ecstasy use among high school seniors surveyed through 2002 Monitoring the Future

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-71

  Yacoubian Jr , George S ^a,c,d   Peters, Ronald J ^b,e  

^a Pacific Institute for Research Evaluation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecstasy; MDMA; MTF; Rave attendee; Raves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646421145     PISSN: 00901482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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