Long-term effects of drugs education in primary school

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-202

  Hurry, Jane ^a   Lloyd, Charlie ^b   McGurk, Harry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Horseferry House   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Drugs education; Life skills training; Primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346976305     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350009004419     Document Type: Article

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