Age at First Use of Energy Drinks Associated With Risky Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Behaviors Among College Students

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 376-386

  Woolsey, Conrad L ^a   Williams, Ronald D ^b   Housman, Jeff M ^b   Sather, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN STATES   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

age at first use; alcohol related driving; energy drinks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019639071     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2017.1307795     Document Type: Article

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