Validity of self-reported drinking before injury compared with a physiological measure: Cross-national analysis of emergency-department data from 16 countries

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^a   Ye, Yu ^a   Bond, Jason ^a   Borges, Guilherme ^a,b   Macdonald, Scott ^a,c   Stockwell, Tim ^a,c   Room, Robin ^a,d   Sovinova, Hana ^a,e   Marais, Sandra ^a,f   Giesbrecht, Norman ^a,g  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^g CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; VALIDITY; VIOLENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33847233631     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2007.68.296     Document Type: Article

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