Elevated risk for tobacco use among men who have sex with men is mediated by demographic and psychosocial variables

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1197-1208

  Mckirnan, David ^a,c   Tolou Shams, Marina ^b   Turner, Lindsey ^a   Dyslin, Kellie ^c   Hope, Brent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture and depression; Gay versus heterosexual population differences; Psychosocial predictors; Smoking rates; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BISEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33745555762     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080500514503     Document Type: Article

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