Two varieties of helping in drunk-driving intervention: Personal and situational factors

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-199

  Newcomb, Michael D ^a   Rabow, Jerome ^a,b   Hernandez, Anthony C R ^a,c   Monto, Martin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031044329     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1997.58.191     Document Type: Article

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