Enacted stigma, problem substance use, and protective factors among Asian sexual minority youth in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 47-64

  Poon, Colleen ^a   Saewyc, Elizabeth ^a   Chen, Weihong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; Asian Canadian; Canadiens d'origine asiatique; enqu tes en population; exp riences de stigmatisation; jeunes; lesbian gay bisexual; lesbiennes gais bisexuelles bisexuels; population surveys; stigma; substance use; toxicomanie

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859050354     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2011-0016     Document Type: Article

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