Alcohol Policy and Youth Drinking: Overview of Effective Interventions for Young People

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 113-127

  Grube, Joel W ^a   Nygaard, Peter ^a,b  

^a PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol policy; Public health policies; Regulatory mechanisms; Youth drinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889485603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713624.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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