Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 8 , Pages 557-564 , August 2009

Association of MDMA/ecstasy and other substance use with self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among college-aged adults: A national study

  • L.-T. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, DUMC Box 3419, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 668 6067; fax: +1 919 668 5418.
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  • C.L. Ringwalt

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • A.A. Patkar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, DUMC Box 3419, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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  • R.L. Hubbard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, DUMC Box 3419, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • National Development and Research Institutes, Raleigh Center, Raleigh, NC, USA
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  • D.G. Blazer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, DUMC Box 3419, Durham, NC 27710, USA

Received 9 December 2008 ,Revised 28 May 2009 ,Accepted 24 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.06.012

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