Prevention science, drug abuse prevention, and Life Skills Training: Comments on the state of the science

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-78

  Botvin, Gilbert J ^a,b   Griffin, Kenneth W ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cornell's Institute for Prevention Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Prevention science; Program evaluation; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944516737     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-004-6462-y     Document Type: Review

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