Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 109, Issue 1 , Pages 73-78 , 1 June 2010

Does binge drinking in teenagers affect their everyday prospective memory?

  • T. Heffernan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychology, Northumbria University, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
    • Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR).
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0191 2274037; fax: +44 0191 2273190.
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  • R. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychology, Northumbria University, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
    • Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR).
    • ,
  • J. Bartholomew

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychology, Northumbria University, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
    • Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR).
    • ,
  • J. Ling

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
    • Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR).
    • ,
  • S. Stephens

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
    • Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR).

Received 13 February 2009 ,Revised 20 November 2009 ,Accepted 1 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.12.013

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 109, Issue 1 , Pages 73-78 , 1 June 2010

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