Alcohol use in the Greek system: Follow the leader?

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Cashin, Jeffrey R ^a   Presley, Cheryl A ^a   Meilman, Philip W ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GREECE; HISTORY; PERCEPTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0043076593     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1998.59.63     Document Type: Article

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