Process evaluation of community coalitions for alcohol and other drug abuse prevention: A case study comparison of researcher- and community-initiated models

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-135

  Mansergh, Gordon ^b   Rohrbach, Louise Ann ^a   Montgomery, Susanne B ^b   Pentz, Mary Ann ^b   Johnson, C Anderson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030119962     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199604)24:2<118::AID-JCOP4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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