Initiation into prescription drug misuse: Differences between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and heterosexual high-risk young adults in Los Angeles and New York

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1289-1293

  Kecojevic, Aleksandar ^a   Wong, Carolyn F ^b,c   Schrager, Sheree M ^b   Silva, Karol ^a   Bloom, Jennifer Jackson ^b   Iverson, Ellen ^b   Lankenau, Stephen E ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Childhood abuse; Prescription drug misuse; Sexual identity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SEXUAL MINORITY; TOBACCO; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864021758     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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