A new minimum legal drinking age (MLDA)? Some findings to inform the debate

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-410

  Martinez, Julia A ^a   Muñoz García, Miguel A ^b   Sher, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Minimum legal drinking age; Policy; Reactance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICY MAKING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249099251     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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