Friendship and Alcohol Use in Early Adolescence: A Multilevel Social Network Approach

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 475-487

  Knecht, Andrea B ^a   Burk, William J ^b   Weesie, Jeroen ^c   Steglich, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79956017092     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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