Alcohol
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 701-709 , November 2011

School performance and alcohol use problems in early adulthood: a longitudinal study

  • Mohammad Reza Hayatbakhsh

      Affiliations

    • School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-7-3346-4638; fax: +61-7-3365-5509.
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  • Jake M. Najman

      Affiliations

    • School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
    • School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
    • ,
  • William Bor

      Affiliations

    • Mater Health Services, Mater Centre for Service Research in Mental Health, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
    • ,
  • Alexandra Clavarino

      Affiliations

    • School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
    • ,
  • Rosa Alati

      Affiliations

    • School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia

Received 1 February 2010 ,Revised 15 October 2010 ,Accepted 25 October 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.10.009

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