Accuracy of self-reports of alcohol offenders in a rural midwestern county

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 511-514

  Nevitt, James R ^a,b   Lundak, Joel ^a  

^a PERU STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 20744450980     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.2.511-514     Document Type: Article

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