Intoxicated workers: Findings from a national Australian survey

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1623-1633

  Pidd, Ken ^a   Roche, Ann M ^a   Buisman Pijlman, Femke ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Employee; Intoxication; Safety; Worker; Workforce; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALGESICS; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961109454     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03462.x     Document Type: Article

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