Community organizing to prevent youth drug use and violence: The D.A.R.E. Plus Project

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 5-19

  Bosma, Linda M ^a   Komro, Kelli A ^a   Perry, Cheryl L ^a   Veblen Mortenson, Sara ^a   Farbakhsh, Kian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Community organizing; Drug use prevention; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748350706     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v13n02_02     Document Type: Article

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