Drug education in primary schools: Putting policy and research into practice

Health Education

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 242-251

  Allott, Rory ^a   Paxton, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curricula; Drug abuse; Primary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131326     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280010354869     Document Type: Article

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