Substance use and knowledge among Italian high school students.
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.
Spacilova
Lenka
L
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
Klusonova
Hana
H
Petrelli
Fabio
F
Signorelli
Carlo
C
Visnovsky
Peter
P
Grappasonni
Iolanda
I
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