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Rohrbach, L.A., Milam, J. (2006). Gender Issues in Substance Abuse Prevention. In: Sloboda, Z., Bukoski, W.J. (eds) Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-35408-5_17

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