"when You Add Alcohol, It Gets That Much Better": University Students, Alcohol Consumption, and Online Drinking Cultures

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 214-226

  Hebden, Ross ^a   Lyons, Antonia C ^b   Goodwin, Ian ^b   McCreanor, Tim ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; drinking cultures; Facebook; social networking; university students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955251136     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: 19451369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022042615575375     Document Type: Article

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