Krnic S Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Substance abuse; Risk factors; Adolescents; Prevention
Department of Psychiatry, Split University Hospital, Split, Croatia
Specialization in Food and Nutrition, Food Microbiology, Processing and Preservation, Food Engineering, Food Quality and has published article entitled The Connection between Behavioral Risk Factors and Abuse of Legal (Alcohol, Tobacco) and Illegal Psychoactive Substances (THC) among Zagreb Adolescents
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Author(s): Romac D, Orban M, Cavar Z, Gracin B, Krnic S and Glavina T
Background: The aim of this research is to find a connection of certain behavioural risk factors and lifestyle with occurrence of so called legal (alcohol, tobacco) and illegal (cannabis, opiates, psycho stimulants) addictive substance abuse and to test which behavioural risk factors are more connected to certain addictive substances among Zagreb adolescents. The purpose of this research is to try to assist in designing preventive programmes which could lower behavioural risk factors for the purpose of decreasing abuse prevalence, i.e. to help adjust preventive programmes to the real needs of the environment we live in regarding the constant and dynamic changes of addictive substance abuse predictors.
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