The four-loko effect

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-362

  Siegel, Shepard ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Energy drink; Intoxication; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051822313     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611409243     Document Type: Article

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