Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 182-188 , February 2011

Effects of a School-Based Prevention Program on European Adolescents' Patterns of Alcohol Use

  • Maria Paola Caria, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Maria Paola Caria, M.Sc., Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Avogadro University, Via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy
    • ,
  • Fabrizio Faggiano, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
    • Piedmont Centre for Drug Addiction Epidemiology, Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • Rino Bellocco, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
    • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Maria Rosaria Galanti, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • EU-Dap Study Group

Received 11 November 2009 ,Accepted 2 June 2010.

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PII: S1054-139X(10)00267-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.06.003

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 182-188 , February 2011

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