A comparison of substance use behaviours and normative beliefs in North-West European university and college students

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-287

  McAlaney, John ^a   Boot, Cécile R ^b,c   Dahlin, Marie ^d   Lintonen, Tomi ^e,f   Stock, Christiane ^g   Rasmussen, Susan ^h   Van Hal, Guido ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drug use; Smoking; Social norms; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EUROPE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84871463323     PISSN: 21910367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijdhd-2012-0032     Document Type: Article

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