Combining school and family alcohol education: A systematic review of the evidence

Health Education

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 451-472

  Cairns, Georgina ^a   Purves, Richard ^a   Mckell, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Behaviour change; Education; Effectiveness; Family; Intervention; Schools; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926336903     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/HE-12-2013-0066     Document Type: Article

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