Are drinking habits really changing? A cross-generational test of the 'new' phenomenon of 'binge-drinking'

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 333-339

  McCoy, Sarah Louise ^a   Nieland, Martin Nicholas Stephen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80051957420     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2011.562936     Document Type: Article

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