Industrial employee drug screening: A blind study of laboratory performance using commercially prepared controls

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 715-721

  Knight, Susan J ^a   Freedman, Toby ^d,e   Puskas, Albert ^c   Martel, Patricia A ^b   O’Donnell, C Michael ^c  

^a TOXI LAB Inc Research Toxicology Research and Development ^*  (United States)

^b Research and Development   (United States)

^c Rockwell International Corp ^*

^d Rockwell International   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HAMSTERS; HUMAN; LABORATORIES; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 0025113213     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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