Cross-cultural evaluation of a life-skills programme to combat adolescent substance misuse

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Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-278

  Weichold, Karina ^a   Giannotta, Fabrizia ^b   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a,c   Ciairano, Silvia ^b   Wenzel, Victoria ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c University of Jena ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Evaluation; Prevention; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33748665005     PISSN: 09395911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1463/2006.04.07     Document Type: Article

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