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Title: Alcohol-related absenteeism: the need to analyse consumption patterns in order to target screening and brief interventions in the workplace (editorial)
Author/Creator: Leggat, Peter A.; Smith, Derek R.
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Health Sciences
Description: The International Labour Organization indicates that alcohol use disorders represent one of the major occupational hazards. Employees with alcohol use disorders may lower productivity, particularly through higher rates of sickness absenteeism and workplace accidents, compared with those who drink alcohol at low levels of short-term risk.
Relation: Industrial Health Vol. 47, Issue 4, p. 345-347
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.47.345
Date: 2009
Publisher: National Institute of Industrial Health
Keyword(s): absenteeism; prevention strategies; alcohol abuse; chemical dependence; alcohol-related policies; workplace statistics; workplace accidents
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/805865
Identifier: ISSN:0019-8366

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