The effects of project ALERT one year past curriculum completion

Prevention Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-184

  Ringwalt, Chris 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

Middle school; Project ALERT; Randomized controlled trial; Substance use prevention

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77955052193     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-009-0163-8     Document Type: Article

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