Learning to become an alcohol user: Adolescents taking risks and parents living with uncertainty

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-53

  Stergaard, Jeanette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Focus group interview; Learning theory; Risk; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449150658     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350802161196     Document Type: Article

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