TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Alcohol consumption among high school students in Brescia, Italy
JO  - Annali di Igiene: Medicina Preventiva e di Comunita
A1  - Limina, R. M.
A1  - Donato, F.
A1  - Comincini, F.
A1  - Facchi, G.
A1  - Gasparotti, C.
A1  - Festa, A.
A1  - Rosati, C.
A1  - Gelatti, U.
A1  - Scarcella, C.
SP  - 165
EP  - 175
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - it
SN  - 1120-9135
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -