Evaluation of a media campaign aimed at preventing initiation into drug injection among street youth

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-414

  Roy, Élise ^a,b   Denis, Véronique ^a   Gutiérrez, Natalia ^b   Haley, Nancy ^b   Morissette, Carole ^b   Boudreau, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug injection; Evaluation; Media campaign; Prevention; Street youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748849261     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630601111292     Document Type: Article

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