Club drug use among young adults frequenting dance clubs and other social venues in New York City

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,d   Halkitis, Perry N ^b   Bimbi, David S ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Club drugs; Gender; Sexual orientation; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646735450     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v15n03_01     Document Type: Review

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