International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 251-254 , May 2010

Drinking before going out—A predictor of negative nightlife experiences in a German inner city area

  • Sonja Wahl

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center Freiburg, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Levente Kriston

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of Medical Psychology, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael Berner

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center Freiburg, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 761 2706501; fax: +49 761 2706966.

Received 3 August 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 October 2009.

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PII: S0955-3959(09)00129-7

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.10.003

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 251-254 , May 2010

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