Early adolescent and peer drinking homogeneity: Similarities and differences among European and North American Countries

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-103

  Farhat, Tilda ^a   Simons Morton, Bruce G ^a   Kokkevi, Anna ^b   van der Sluijs, Winfried ^c   Fotiou, Anastasios ^b   Kuntsche, Emmanuel ^d,e  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDICTION SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alcohol use; cross national; peers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857529521     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431611419511     Document Type: Article

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