Alcohol and club drug use among same-sex attracted young people: Associations with frequenting the lesbian and gay scene and other bars and nightclubs

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 129-136

  Lea, Toby ^a   Reynolds, Robert ^b   De Wit, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bars; Clubs; Drugs; Gay; Hazardous drinking; Lesbian; Young

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84873363560     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2012.733904     Document Type: Article

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