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. 1977 Jul;38(7):1313-23.
doi: 10.15288/jsa.1977.38.1313.

Effects of reducing the legal alcohol-purchasing age on drinking and drinking problems. A review of empirical studies

R G Smart, M S Goodstadt

Effects of reducing the legal alcohol-purchasing age on drinking and drinking problems. A review of empirical studies

R G Smart et al. J Stud Alcohol. 1977 Jul.

Abstract

A review of studies of the effects of reducing the legal age for drinking and purchasing alcoholic beverages suggests that there are public health reasons for not introducting such changes in jurisdictions which have not already done so.

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