The making of evidence-based practice: The case of Project ALERT

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-222

  Gorman, Dennis M ^a   Conde, Eugenia ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug prevention policy; Evidence based practice; Program evaluation; Project ALERT

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049187237     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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