A hard earned thirst: Workplace hydration and attitudes regarding post-shift alcohol consumption

Journal of Health, Safety and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Irwin, Christopher ^a   Leveritt, Michael ^b   Desbrow, Ben ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dehydration; Industrial; Manual work; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941653603     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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