A profile of adolescent alcohol offenders in two rural midwestern counties

Psychological Reports

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 379-384

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

^a PERU STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33746206401     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.98.2.379-384     Document Type: Article

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