Binge drinking, tobacco, and illicit drug use and involvement in college athletics: A survey of students at 140 American colleges

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 195-200

  Wechsler, Henry ^a   Davenport, Andrea E ^b   Dowdall, George W ^b   Grossman, Susan J ^c   Zanakos, Sophia I ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol and other substance use; Athletes; Binging; College students; Correlates of use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLEGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0030980553     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.1997.9936884     Document Type: Article

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