@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol consumption among high school students in Brescia, Italy",
journal="Annali di Igiene: Medicina Preventiva e di Comunita",
year="2010",
author="Limina, R. M. and Donato, F. and Comincini, F. and Facchi, G. and Gasparotti, C. and Festa, A. and Rosati, C. and Gelatti, U. and Scarcella, C.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="165-175",
abstract="A random sample of 1,495 high school student of 9th and 13th grade in Brescia, North Italy, were interviewed about their alcohol consumption, knowledge and attitudes using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. The percentages of students who usually consumed alcoholic beverage, were 39.7% and 30.3% in males and females, respectively, in 9th grade students and were 51.4% and 23.8% in males and females, respectively, in 13th grade students. The frequency of drunkenness during the month previous the interview was, among 9th graders: 6.9% males and 8.7% females; among 13th graders: 20.7% males and 13.3% females. The following variables were positively associated with alcohol consumption: 1) regular smoking; 2) peer alcohol drinking (best friend and partner); 3) parents' alcohol consumption. When comparing the present survey with a previously carried out in 1989, similar results were found as regards alcohol consumption; on the contrary higher prevalence of drunkenness was found in the 2008 survey, that in the 1989 one.<p /> <p>Language: it</p>",
language="it",
issn="1120-9135",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}