Alcohol-related absenteeism: The need to analyse consumption patterns in order to target screening and brief interventions in the workplace

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-347

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Smith, Derek R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; NALTREXONE;

ABSENTEEISM; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; SCREENING; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 69749108881     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.345     Document Type: Editorial

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