Teen-Agers and Alcohol

Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among teen-agers in Tuscany.

INTRODUCTION In Tuscany, Tuberculosis incidence is more than triplicate from 1982 to the beginning of the third millennium. The impact of this trend on open population is not known, as updated studies on Tuberculosis prevalence are not available. Tuberculin skin test provides the currently most widely used tool for assessing Tuberculosis transmission in a community and the prevalence of infecti...

A Cross-Sectional Survey on Dietary Supplements Consumption among Italian Teen-Agers

INTRODUCTION In the last decades, dietary supplements consumption has increased in the Western world for all age groups. The long-term potentially dangerous effects related to an indiscriminate consumption of dietary supplements are still unknown and are becoming a matter of public health concern. Therefore, the aims of the present study were: to explore the contribution of dietary supplements ...

[Polarization of dental caries in teen-agers in the southwest of the State of São Paulo, Brazil].

In most Brazilian cities, oral health is still a challenge for the Brazilian Health System (SUS). The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of dental caries (DMFT index), the differences with regard to gender and geographic localization, Significant Caries Index and the percentages of caries-free adolescents in Itaí-SP - Brazil, in 2006. The methodology used was in agreement with the ...

Costs and Benefits of Best Agers Employment

Teen Alcohol Use and Social Networks: The Contributions of Friend Influence and Friendship Selection

BACKGROUND We evaluated the contributions of teen alcohol use to the formation and continuation of new and existing friendships while in turn estimating the influence of friend drinking on individuals' regular use and heavy drinking. METHOD Longitudinal network analysis was used to assess the mutual influences between teen drinking and social networks among adolescents in two large Add Health...