Preventing youths' use of inhalants and other harmful legal products in frontier Alaskan communities: A randomized trial

Prevention Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 298-312

  Johnson, Knowlton W ^a   Shamblen, Stephen R ^a   Ogilvie, Kristen A ^a   Collins, David ^a   Saylor, Brian ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Randomized trial; School based prevention; Youths' harmful legal product use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALASKA; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 70450252333     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-009-0132-2     Document Type: Article

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