Validity of suspected alcohol and drug violations in aviation employees

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1771-1775

  Li, Guohua ^a,b   Brady, Joanne E ^a,b   Dimaggio, Charles ^a,b   Baker, Susan P ^c   Rebok, George W ^c  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; aviation; epidemiology; positive likelihood ratio; positive predictive value; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADDICTION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AVIATION; BREATH TESTS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956754876     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03051.x     Document Type: Article

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