Publications by authors named "Karin Pantzer"

Article Synopsis
  • - Starting in the 1950s, alcohol consumption trends display a decline in Southern Europe despite a lack of preventive alcohol policies, while Northern Europe sees an increase in consumption even after loosening existing restrictions.
  • - Central and Eastern Europe show a mixed pattern of alcohol consumption influenced by both public policy and social factors.
  • - The study aims to analyze the interplay of preventive policies, social, cultural, economic, and demographic factors on alcohol consumption and related harm in Europe from 1960 to 2008.
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Objectives: To compare health related quality of life (HRQL) between native and immigrant adolescents aged 12 to 18 years, and to analyse psychosocial factors associated with HRQL.

Design: A cross sectional study of adolescents (12-18 years old) who answered a self administered questionnaire.

Setting: All the secondary schools from Lloret de Mar (Girona, Spain).

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