Assessing the adequacy of self-reported alcohol abuse measurement across time and ethnicity: cross-cultural equivalence across Hispanics and Caucasians in 1992, non-equivalence in 2001–2002

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Do estimates of alcohol abuse reflect true levels across United States Hispanics and non-Hispanic Caucasians, or does culturally-based, systematic measurement error (i.e., measurement bias) affect estimates? Likewise, given that rece...

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Main Author: Carle Adam C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/60