Environmental factors as predictors of alcohol use among ninth-grade adolescents in Pitkäranta (Russian Karelia) and in eastern Finland

• Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
• Main Authors: Kemppainen, Ulla, Tossavainen, Kerttu, Vartiainen, Erkki, Jokela, Veikko, Puska, Pekka, Pantelejev, Vladimir, Uhanov, Mihail
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2008
• Subjects: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; General Medicine; Pitkäranta; karelia*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494808089650; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1403494808089650

Background: In Russia, tobacco and alcohol use by adolescents are serious problems. In Finland, as in many other European countries, alcohol use is a growing concern. Aims: This study aimed to find out whether similar environmental factors predict adolescents' alcohol use among 15-year old adol...