Mailed personalized normative feedback as a brief intervention for at-risk college drinkers

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 559-567

  Collins, Susan E ^a   Carey, Kate B ^a   Sliwinski, Martin J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036746433     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2002.63.559     Document Type: Article

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