Substance Use and Sexual Orientation among East and Southeast Asian Adolescents in Canada

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-50

  Homma, Yuko ^a   Chen, Weihong ^a   Poon, Colleen S ^b   Saewyc, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b McCreary Centre Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; asian; sexual orientation; substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859070912     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2012.636687     Document Type: Article

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