Gender Issues in Substance Abuse Prevention

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 351-363

  Rohrbach, Louise Ann ^a   Milam, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent Smoking; Female Adolescent; Gender Difference; Gender Issue; Illicit Drug

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126185271     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-35408-5_17     Document Type: Chapter

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