An exploratory study of Puerto Rican MSM drug users: The childhood and early teen years of gay males and transsexual females

Youth and Society

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-384

  Finlinson, H Ann ^a,b   Coln, Hctor M ^a   Robles, Rafaela R ^a   Soto, Mayra ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adolescent drug use; MSM; Puerto Rico; Sexual identity formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849162259     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X07305998     Document Type: Article

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