@article{ref1,
title="Gender, injury status and acculturation differences in performance of screening instruments for alcohol problems among US Hispanic emergency department patients",
journal="Drug and alcohol dependence",
year="1999",
author="Cherpitel, Cheryl J.",
volume="53",
number="2",
pages="147-157",
abstract="The sensitivity and specificity of several screening instruments including the CAGE, brief MAST, AUDIT, TWEAK, RAPS, and Trauma Scale, were evaluated against both ICD-10 and DSM-IV criteria for alcohol dependence and for harmful drinking and abuse in a probability sample of 586 Hispanic emergency department patients. Screening instruments were not as sensitive for females as for males, for those in the low acculturation group, or for non-dependent drinkers. Acculturation was positively associated with the likelihood of being a current drinker and among current drinkers, was positively associated with alcohol dependence and with harmful drinking or alcohol abuse.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-8716",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}