Project towards no drug abuse: A review of the findings and future directions

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 354-365

  Sussman, Steve ^a,b   Dent, Clyde W ^c   Stacy, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036717540     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.26.5.4     Document Type: Article

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