Absenteeism and business costs: Does substance abuse matter?

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-33

  Foster, William H ^a   Vaughan, Roger D ^a,b  

^a Yale School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 13844251819     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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