OBJECTIVE To examine whether smoking onset in young adolescents is predicted by peer or parental smoking. DESIGN Longitudinal design with one pretest and one follow-up at 12 months. SETTING Schools in Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal. PARTICIPANTS 7102 randomly selected adolescents from six countries. Mean age was 12.78 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUR...

Objective: The present study aimed to determine from a sample of Amazonian youngsters, with normal occlusion, the mean values for soft profile characteristics using cephalometric radiographs obtained in lateral norm. Methods: The cephalometric radiographs of the 30 youngsters, being 15 males and 15 females, with mean age of 21.6 years old, were assessed. For statistical analysis, central tenden...

291 Selected by experts as the treatment of choice for youngsters, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has emerged as a safe, viable, and effective treatment for obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) among children and adolescents. Yet, most children with OCD do not receive CBT, at least in part due to the shortage of clinicians who are well versed in managing the unique challenges that arise in th...

BACKGROUND: Italy early experienced one of the most suffering impact COVID-19 outbreak in terms number cases and death toll. Progressively, more compelling national restrictions hardened citizens’ lifestyle habits, including limiting mobility outdoor physical activity (PA). In a second phase, people were allowed to perform activities close their houses thereafter motor or sports gradually reint...

the health and therapeutic employees are facing with some particular hazards. the existing insurance system has a lot of different shortcomings. determination of the frequency and type of accidents in a hospital was the main objective. all accidents were recorded and the study period was divided in to 3 periods. the victims who reported their accident were classified from personality point of v...