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Original Articles

Alcohol prevention for school students: Results from a 1-year follow up of a cluster-randomised controlled trial of harm minimisation school drug education

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Pages 88-96 | Received 04 Oct 2016, Accepted 31 Jan 2017, Published online: 01 Mar 2017

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