Prescription Drug Misuse and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults
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Timing of alcohol and other drug use and sexual risk behaviors among unmarried adolescents and young adults.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1937-1888,1938-4114
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2014.75.259