Alcohol consumption, sex, and use of psychotropic substances among male Hong Kong-mainland China cross-border substance users

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 686-699

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Tsui, Hi Yi ^a   Lam, Lawrence T ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chinese; Cross border; Sexual behaviors; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG ABUSE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 33846535478     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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