Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 430-432 , April 2005

Preventing Alcohol Misuse Among Adolescents

  • Edward Bernstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Edward Bernstein, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 815 Albany Street, Boston MA 02118; 617-414-3453, fax 617-630-9923
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  • Judith Bernstein, RNC, PhD

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 Funding and support: The authors report that this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(04)01745-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.12.003

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 430-432 , April 2005

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