A comparative analysis of methamphetamine use: Black gay and bisexual men in relation to men of other races

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Halkitis, Perry N ^a   Jerome, Roy C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Club drugs; Gay and bisexual; Methamphetamine; Poly drug use

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; BISEXUALITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NEW YORK CITY; RISK-TAKING; STREET DRUGS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 35748936754     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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