The Teenage Brain: Adolescents and Alcohol

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-157

  Spear, Linda ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; alcohol; intoxication; puberty; rodent model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876258733     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412472192     Document Type: Article

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