Children's alcohol initiation: An analytic overview

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-277

  Ward, Bernadette ^a   Snow, Pamela ^a   Aroni, Rosalie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77952178768     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687630802590526     Document Type: Article

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