'We're not sheep': Illuminating the nature of the adolescent peer group in effecting lifestyle choice

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-241

  Carter, D S G ^a   Bennetts, C ^a   Carter, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038487855     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690301899     Document Type: Article

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