The methodology of the Italian HBSC 2010 study (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children)

Annali di Igiene Medicina Preventiva e di Comunita

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-233

  Lazzeri, G ^a   Giacchi, M V ^a,g   Dalmasso, P ^b   Vieno, A ^c   Nardone, P ^d   Lamberti, A ^d   Spinelli, A ^d   Cavallo, F ^b   Lemma, Patrizia ^b   Berchialla, Paola ^b   Colombini, Sabina ^b   Zambon, Alessio ^b   Charrier, Lorena ^b   Borraccino, Alberto ^b   Pilato, Valentina ^a   Rossi, Stefania ^a   Pammolli, Andrea ^a   Santinello, Massimo ^c   Chieco, Francesca ^c   Lenzi, Michela ^c   Baglio, Giovanni ^d   Galeone, Daniela ^e   Spizzichino, Lorenzo ^e   Menzano, Maria Teresa ^e   Scotti, Maria Teresa ^e   Silani, Maria Teresa ^f   Teti, Silvana ^f   Ciglia, Antonio ^g   Di Giacomo, Manuela ^g   Spinosa, Silvia ^g   Ammirati, Giuseppina ^g   Cauzillo, Gabriella ^g   Sorrentino, Gerardina ^g   Azzarito, Caterina ^g   La Rocca, Marina ^g   Pizzuti, Renato ^g   Mazzarella, Gianfranco ^g   Di Martino, Emanuela ^g   Angelini, Paola ^g   Fridel, Marina ^g   Bavcar, Alessandro ^g   Castronuovo, Giulia Cairella Esmeralda ^g   Pascali, Federica ^g   Celata, Corrado ^g   Tosi, Marco ^g   Velasco, Veronica ^g   Bonfanti, Marina ^g   Coppola, Liliana ^g   Giostra, Giordano ^g   Ciallella, Maria Letizia ^g   Caputo, Marcello ^g   Viesti, Elisabetta ^g   Rosa, Giovanna ^g   Anelli, Savino ^g   Meloni, Serena ^g   Senis, M Letizia ^g   Masala, Rita ^g   Cernigliaro, Achille ^g   Rizzo, Simonetta ^g   Giannoni, Anna Maria ^g   Cristofori, Marco ^g   Covarino, Anna Maria ^g   D’alessandro, Giovanni ^g   Piffer, Silvano ^g   Fanolla, Antonio ^g   Weiss, Sabine ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Ministry of Health   (Italy)

^f Regional School Office in Lazio   (Italy)

^g University of Padua Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization Process LIRIPAC ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiological surveillance; Healthy behaviour; Italy; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 84881262951     PISSN: 11209135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7416/ai.2013.1925     Document Type: Article

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