The effect of drug use on workplace accidents

Labour Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-294

  Kaestner, Robert ^a,c   Grossman, Michael ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Drug use; J2S; Workplace safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000298406     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(97)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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