What works? A review of evaluated alcohol misuse interventions among Aboriginal Australians

Addiction

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-22

  Gray, Dennis ^a   Saggers, Sherry ^b   Sputore, Brooke ^a   Bourbon, Deirdre ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABORIGINE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUSTRALIA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 0033953874     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2000.951113.x     Document Type: Review

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