Project ALERT: A cluster randomized trial

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 625-632

  Ringwalt, Christopher L ^a   Clark, Heddy Kovach ^a   Hanley, Sean ^a   Shamblen, Stephen R ^a   Flewelling, Robert L ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROJECT ALERT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650092964     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.88     Document Type: Article

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