Use of alcohol and drugs among young people: Influences and responses

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 268-272

  Gilvarry, Eilish ^a  

^a Centre for Alcohol and Drug Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0029889769     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199607000-00007     Document Type: Short Survey

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