Classroom-Based Surveys of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviors: Reducing the Bias of Absenteeism
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Classroom-based surveys of adolescent risk-taking behaviors: reducing the bias of absenteeism.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.92.2.235