Alcohol and risk behavior

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-214

  Warren, Kenneth R ^a   Vanderveen, Ernestine ^a   Adamson, Megan D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030982232     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199705000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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