It's all about "connecting": Reasons for drug use among Latino gay men living in the San Francisco Bay Area

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-129

  Bauermeister, Jose A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Health Behavior and Health Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs; Gay; Hispanic; Homosexual; Latino; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247135409     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v06n01_07     Document Type: Article

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