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Brown, C.H. (2006). Design Principles and Their Application in Preventive Field Trials. 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_26

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