Sexual health risk among dance drug users: Cross-sectional comparisons with nationally representative data

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 304-310

  Mitcheson, Luke ^a,b   McCambridge, Jim ^b   Byrne, Angela ^c   Hunt, Neil ^a,d   Winstock, Adam ^e  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KCA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dance drug use; Health promotion; Nightclubbing; Sexually transmitted infections; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DANCING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH;

CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 47249157602     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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