Lessons From Participation in a Web-Based Substance Use Preventive Program in Uruguay

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-100

  Balsa, Ana I ^a   Gandelman, Néstor ^b   Lamé, Diego ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ORT URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; ICT; internet; participation; prevention program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893348184     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2012.748600     Document Type: Article

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