Gender, sexuality, and ethnicity as factors of club-drug use among Asian Americans

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-432

  Fazio, Adam ^a   Joe Laidler, Karen ^b   Moloney, Molly ^a   Hunt, Geoffrey ^c  

^a Scientific Analysis Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c National Institutes of Health Research Projects   (United States)

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EID: 77956078462     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204261004000207     Document Type: Article

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