Ethnic differences in substance use, sexual risk behaviors, and psychosocial factors in a sample of heterosexual methamphetamine users

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1101-1120

  Semple, Shirley J ^a   Amaro, Hortensia ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^c   Zians, Jim ^a   Patterson, Thomas L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Heterosexual; Methamphetamine; Psychosocial; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CALIFORNIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70849120381     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802490055     Document Type: Article

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