An alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use comparison of lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual undergraduate women

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 340-349

  Kerr, Dianne ^a   Ding, Kele ^a   Burke, Amanda ^a   Ott Walter, Katherine ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATOD use; Bisexual women; College students; Lesbians; Prescription drug misuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BISEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922390626     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2014.980954     Document Type: Article

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