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Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Adolescent Students in the Atlantic Provinces

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  1. Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, B3H 4H7, Canada

    Christiane Poulin MD, MSc, FRCPC & Lynn Lethbridge MA

  2. Department of Health and Social Services, Prince Edward Island, Canada

    Linda Van Til DVM, MSc

  3. Department of Health, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Brian Wilbur MEd, MBA

  4. Department of Health, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Beverley Clarke MSW & Carol Ann MacDonald

  5. Department of Health and Community Services, New Brunswick, Canada

    Alberto Barcelo MD, MSc

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Correspondence to Christiane Poulin MD, MSc, FRCPC.

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This research was supported by the Departments of Health in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, as well as a Medical Research Council of Canada grant #MT-14158.

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Poulin, C., Van Til, L., Wilbur, B. et al. Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Adolescent Students in the Atlantic Provinces. Can J Public Health 90, 27–29 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03404094

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