Risk of substance abuse and dependence among young adult sexual minority groups using a multidimensional measure of sexual orientation

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 144-152

  Goldberg, Shoshana ^a,b   Strutz, Kelly L ^a,b   Herring, Amy A ^a,b   Halpern, Carolyn T ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL MINORITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879511065     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491312800304     Document Type: Article

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