When to Intervene: Elementary School, Middle School or Both? Effects of keepin' It REAL on Substance Use Trajectories of Mexican Heritage Youth

Prevention Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-62

  Marsiglia, Flavio F ^a   Kulis, Stephen ^a   Yabiku, Scott T ^a   Nieri, Tanya A ^b   Coleman, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Early intervention; Mexican Americans; Preadolescents; Substance use prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951815553     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-010-0189-y     Document Type: Article

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