Indirect effects of lowering the drinking age on New Zealand students' alcohol-related behaviours and attitudes

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-26

  Brownfield, Kylie ^a   Fernando, Kumari ^a   Halberstadt, Jamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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