Teaching the biological consequences of alcohol abuse through an online game: Impacts among secondary students

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-102

  Klisch, Yvonne ^a   Miller, Leslie M ^a   Beier, Margaret E ^a   Wang, Shu ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCHOOL; SCIENCE; STANDARD; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ALCOHOLISM; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84863236498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-04-0040     Document Type: Article

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