Students' estimates of the prevalence of drug use: Evidence for a false consensus effect

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-298

  Wolfson, S ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033762228     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.14.3.295     Document Type: Article

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