Religion and alcohol use among college students: Exploring the role of domain-specific religious salience

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 821-846

  Ellison, Christopher G ^a   Bradshaw, Matt ^b   Rote, Sunshine ^c   Storch, Jennifer ^a   Trevino, Margie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 56149105150     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260803800308     Document Type: Article

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