Health-related characteristics and incurring credit card debt as problem behaviors among college students

Internet Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Berg, Carla J ^a   Sanem, Julia R ^b   Lust, A Katherine ^b   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^b   Kirch, Matthias A ^c   An, Lawrence C ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Medicine Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounts payable and receivable; Alcohol drinking; College student; Health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953025030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15312941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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