Pre-employment urine drug testing of hospital employees: Future questions and review of current literature

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 318-324

  Levine, M R ^a,b   Rennie, W P ^c  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; EMPLOYMENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 1842453689     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.006163     Document Type: Article

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