Young people's leisure and risk-taking behaviours: Changes in gender patterning in the West of Scotland during the 1990s

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-412

  Sweeting, Helen ^a   West, Patrick ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2642530525     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1367626032000162113     Document Type: Review

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