A dual-process discrete-time survival analysis model: Application to the gateway drug hypothesis

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 790-805

  Malone, Patrick S ^a   Lamis, Dorian A ^a   Masyn, Katherine E ^b   Northrup, Thomas F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 78549254222     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2010.519277     Document Type: Article

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