Attitudes toward harm reduction and abstinence-only approaches to alcohol misuse among Alaskan college students

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Skewes, Monica C ^a   Gonzalez, Vivian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adults; Hazardous drinking; Treatment strategies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGING ADULTS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS DRINKING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TREATMENT STRATEGIES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EMERGING ADULTS; HAZARDOUS DRINKING; TREATMENT STRATEGIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881289680     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21143     Document Type: Article

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