"Alcohol allows you to not be yourself": Toward a structured understanding of alcohol use and gender difference among gay, lesbian, and heterosexual youth

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-400

  Peralta, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 47249118933     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260803800201     Document Type: Article

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