Black churches in substance use and abuse prevention efforts

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 43-64

  Brown, Diane R ^a   Scott, Wilma ^b   Lacey, Krim ^b   Blount, Joan ^b   Roman, Dorothy ^b   Brown, Doreen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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