Drug Abuse Prevention Among Minority Adolescents: Posttest and One-Year Follow-Up of a School-Based Preventive Intervention

Gilbert J. Botvin; Kenneth W. Griffin; Tracy Diaz; Michelle Ifill-Williams

doi:10.1023/a:1010025311161

Keywords

Substance abuseSubstance abuse preventionHealth psychologyClinical psychologyIntervention (counseling)PsychologyDisadvantagedDrug educationVulnerability (computing)MedicinePublic healthPsychiatry

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Cornell University US

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 2
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-13
Citations: 340
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                                    Gilbert J. Botvin, 
                                
                                    Kenneth W. Griffin, 
                                
                                    Tracy Diaz
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Drug Abuse Prevention Among Minority Adolescents: Posttest and One-Year Follow-Up of a School-Based Preventive Intervention. 
                            Prevention Science
                            , 2
                            (1)
                            , 1-13.
                            https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010025311161
                        

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DOI: 10.1023/a:1010025311161