Sexual uses of alcohol and drugs and the associated health risks: A cross sectional study of young people in nine European cities

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bellis, Mark A ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   Calafat, Amador ^b   Juan, Montse ^b   Ramon, Anna ^c   Rodriguez, José A ^c   Mendes, Fernando ^b   Schnitzer, Susanne ^d   Phillips Howard, Penny ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IREFREA ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d SPI Forschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADDICTION; AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 44849092086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-155     Document Type: Article

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