Extent of the problem and cost to the employer

Addiction at Work: Tackling Drug Use and Misuse in the Workplace

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 21-32

  Godfrey, Christine ^a   Parrott, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85084567254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315263342-13     Document Type: Chapter

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