Drinking in the injury event: a comparison of Mexican-American male ER patients in the United States and in Mexico.
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.
Cherpitel
Cheryl J
CJ
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California, USA. ccherpitel@arg.org
Borges
Guilherme
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002140:California; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy