title: Substance use and knowledge among Italian high school students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was aimed for evaluation of Italian students' attitudes to addictive substances, their knowledge and personal experience, and their awareness about the risks.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research was realized among high school students from Marche region in the Central Italy in the year 2006; the study group was randomly chosen from all schools in the region. 4118 appropriately completed questionnaires returned. The statistic processing was carried out by using chi-square test for two qualitative variables.
authors.affiliation: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Heyrovskeho 1203, Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czech Republic. lenka.spacilova@faf.cuni.cz
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spacilova
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klusonova
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrelli
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Signorelli
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Visnovsky
authors.forename: Iolanda
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grappasonni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology