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Abstract The aim of the present study was to analyze scientific production on how alcohol use interferes with adolescent health. It is an integrative review in the databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Nursing Database, International Literature in Sciences and Health and Scientific Electronic Library Online, through the descriptors: 'adolescent and alcoholism'; ‘Adolescence and alcoholism’. The evaluated articles refer to the period from 2014 to 2018, available in Portuguese. 13 articles were selected. The data reveal that use of alcohol by adolescents brings risky behaviors with consequences for their health. The publications showed the importance of educational actions in the school environment involving parents, schools, health professionals, managers and the whole society to prevent and deal with these problems.

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