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The empirical testability of Skog's theory of collective drinking behaviour

Gerhard Gmel, Jürgen Rehm Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and other Drug Problems, Lausanne, Switzerland; Social Prevention and Health Policy Research Department, Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Canada; Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
Pages 391-399 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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