Too cheap to chug: Frugality as a buffer against college-student drinking

Journal of Consumer Behaviour

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-238

  Rose, Paul ^a   Smith, Shannon Toney ^b   Segrist, Daniel J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953521559     PISSN: 14720817     EISSN: 14791838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cb.314     Document Type: Article

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