Thizzin' Ecstasy use contexts and emergent social meanings

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 528-541

  Lee, Juliet P ^a   Battle, Robynn S ^b   Soller, Brian ^c   Brandes, Naomi ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Asian American; Drugs; Ecstasy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054826716     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2010.545156     Document Type: Article

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