Peer impact on smoking, alcohol consumption, drug use and sports activities in adolescents

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-123

  Gecková, Andrea ^a,c   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^b  

^a Department of Urology PJS University   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol consumption; Drug use; Peer impact; Smoking; Sports activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035613401     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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