Trends in drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland, Australia

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Lea, Toby ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^b   Mao, Limin ^a   Zablotska, Iryna ^b   de Wit, John ^a   Holt, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bisexual man; Drug use; Gay man; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEENSLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872334965     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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