Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 387-398 , September 2008

Understanding Differences in Substance Use Among Bisexual and Heterosexual Young Women

Received 21 February 2008 ,Revised 21 April 2008 ,Accepted 22 April 2008.

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 Funded by Grant 13RT-0019 from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program of the University of California.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.04.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 387-398 , September 2008

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