A Volitional Help Sheet to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in the General Population: A Field Experiment

Prevention Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 635-643

  Armitage, Christopher J ^a   Arden, Madelynne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Health behavior change; Implementation intention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870369651     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-012-0291-4     Document Type: Article

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