The Hispanic Americans Baseline Alcohol Survey (HABLAS)
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عنوان ژورنال: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0739-9863,1552-6364
DOI: 10.1177/0739986311424040