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AIMS: To assess the cumulative impact of environmental and individual factors associated with adolescent alcohol misuse and their correlation with self-reported consequences of drinking. METHOD: Cross-sectional school-based survey of a nationally representative sample of 7548 post-mandatory school students and apprentices aged 16-20 years, Switzerland 2002. Alcohol misuse defined by frequency of alcohol use, episodes of drunkenness and driving while drunk. RESULTS: Fifteen significant risk factors were identified among both boys, and girls. An individual score of cumulated risk factors was created by adding the risk factors. The association between the score and the likelihood of being engaged in alcohol misuse was highly significant and dose-dependent (p<.001 a significant proportion of adolescents report perceived adverse consequences their alcohol consumption. linear trend was found between the score risk factors and respondents reporting problems related to drinking such as diminished school performance physical hazard relational current risky sexual behavior. conclusion: for adolescent misuse are cumulative can be synthesized into an individual correlated with likeliness misuse. further indication validity this is its relationship self-reported drinking. s abstract>