Exploring racial and ethnic differences in recreational drug use among gay and bisexual men in New York City and Los Angeles

Journal of Drug Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-123

  Grov, Christian ^a   Bimbi, David S ^a   Nanin, José E ^a   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NITRATE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34547135480     PISSN: 00472379     EISSN: 15414159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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