Binge drinking in a sample of Scottish undergraduate students

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-659

  Woolfson, Lisa Marks ^a   Maguire, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Binge drinking; Higher education; Undergraduate students; Young adulthood; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149261128     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261003801804     Document Type: Article

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