Community Systems and Ecologies of Drug and Alcohol Problems

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 149-161

  Holder, Harold D ^a   Treno, Andrew ^a   Levy, David ^b  

^a PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and other drug interventions; Alcohol problems; Retail development; Tobacco; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889496363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713624.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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