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SUBMITTER: Tanner-Smith EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4393344 | biostudies-other | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tanner-Smith Emily E EE Steinka-Fry Katarzyna T KT Hennessy Emily A EA Lipsey Mark W MW Winters Ken C KC
Journal of youth and adolescence 20150120 5
Brief interventions aimed at reducing alcohol use among youth may interrupt a possible developmental progression to more serious substance use if they can also affect the use of other illicit drugs. This meta-analysis examined the findings of recent research on the effects of brief alcohol interventions for adolescents and young adults on both alcohol and illicit drug use. Eligible studies were those using randomized or controlled quasi-experimental designs to examine the effects of brief alcoho ...[more]