Alcohol
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 107-114 , October 2001

Can individual competence factors prevent adult substance and alcohol abuse in low- and high-income areas?

Received 8 December 2000 ,Revised 30 May 2001 ,Accepted 25 June 2001.

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