Ecstasy and Gateway Drugs: Initiating the Use of Ecstasy and Other Drugs

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-80

  Reid, Lesley W ^a   Elifson, Kirk W ^a   Sterk, Claire E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3,4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA); Ecstasy (Drug); Street Drugs

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 33845400967     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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