Drug abuse prevention programming: Do we know what content works?

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn , Issue 7, 1996, Pages 868-883

  Donaldson, Stewart I ^b   Sussman, Steve ^c   MacKinnon, David P ^c   Severson, Herbert H ^a   Glynn, Thomas ^c   Murray, David M ^c   Stone, Elaine J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030546910     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764296039007008     Document Type: Article

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