Reducing risk for illicit drug use and prescription drug misuse: High school gay-straight alliances and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 824-828

  Heck, Nicholas C ^a,b   Livingston, Nicholas A ^b   Flentje, Annesa ^c,d   Oost, Kathryn ^b   Stewart, Brandon T ^b   Cochran, Bryan N ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Gay straight alliance; High school; LGBT youth; Sexual minority youth

Indexed keywords

DRUG USE; GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE; HIGH SCHOOL; LGBT YOUTH; SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLS; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS;

EID: 84894063496     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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