Citation

Cherpitel CJ, Borges GLG. Subst. Use Misuse 2002; 37(1): 133-143.

Affiliation

Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California, USA. ccherpitel@arg.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11848157

Abstract

Probability samples of 66 Mexican-American injured male emergency room (ER) patients in Santa Clara County, CA, and 457 injured male ER patients in Pachuca, Mexico are compared on a number of drinking-in-the-event variables. While those in Pachuca were more likely to be positive on the breathalyzer than those in Santa Clara, they were less likely to attribute a causal association of their drinking with the event. Site (Santa Clara) was found to be a significant (positive) predictor of drinking prior to injury.