Preventing Risky Drug Use and Related Harms: The Need for a Synthesis of New Knowledge

Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-16

  Stockwell, Tim ^a   Gruenewald, Paul J ^b   Toumbourou, John W ^c,d   Loxley, Wendy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Cannabis; Harmful substance; Risky drug use; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889470925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713624.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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