Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in the Workplace

Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 191-205

  Midford, Richard ^a   Welander, Fredrik ^b,c   Allsop, Steve ^c,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Banned drugs; Chemical analysis; Competitive occupations; Industrialised societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947703744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713624.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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