Why do young people drink? A review of drinking motives.

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Clinical Psychology Review

• Publication date

  2005-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.CPR.2005.06.002PMID 16095785
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