Does drug education work?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-446

  Midford, Richard ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug education; Evaluation; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034553372     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713659427     Document Type: Review

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