Social Ecology and the Invention of New Regulatory Strategies for Preventing Drug and Alcohol Problems

Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 291-306

  Freisthler, Bridget ^a   Gruenewald, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Community based prevention programs; Drug overdoses; Social disorganization; Social ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249034911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713624.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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