Drug education and prevention: Has progress been made?

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 417-422

  Coggans, Niall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug education and prevention; Effectiveness of drug education; Primary prevention; Universal programmes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750136238     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630600812882     Document Type: Review

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