Residence hall room type and alcohol use among college students living on campus

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 583-603

  Cross, Jennifer E ^a   Zimmerman, Don ^a   O'Grady, Megan A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Built environment; College students; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT;

EID: 67649576963     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508328169     Document Type: Article

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