Spring break trips as a risk factor for heavy alcohol use among first-year college students

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 911-916

  Lee, Christine M ^a   Maggs, Jennifer L ^a,b   Rankin, Lela A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SPRING; TELEPHONE; TRAVEL;

EID: 33750137379     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.911     Document Type: Article

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