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Author National Research Council, Institute of Medicine

Title Under the Influence? : Drugs and the American Work Force
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents ""UNDER THE INFLUENCE?""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Summary: Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE""; ""DEFINITION OF TERMS""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Part I: Scope of Alcohol and Other Drug Use""; ""Chapter 2 Etiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use: An Overview of Potential Causes""; ""Chapter 3 Epidemiological Evidence: The Dimensions of the Problem""; ""Part II: Effects of Use""; ""Chapter 4 Impact of Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Laboratory Studies""; ""Chapter 5 Impact of Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Observational/Field Studies""
""Part III: Effectiveness of Workplace Interventions""""Chapter 6 Detecting and Assessing Alcohol and Other Drug Use""; ""Chapter 7 Impact of Drug-Testing Programs on Productivity""; ""Chapter 8 Employee Assistance Programs""; ""Appendix A Methodological Issues""; ""REFERENCE""; ""1 Introduction""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE""; ""Definition of the Term Drug""; ""Definitions of Use, Abuse, and Dependence""; ""Definition of the Work Force""; ""SCOPE OF THE REPORT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""I Scope Of Alcohol and Other Drug Use""
""2 Etiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use: An Overview of Potential Causes""""OVERVIEW""; ""ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE ON THE JOB""; ""Patterns of Alcohol and Other Drug Use on the Job""; ""Predictors of Alcohol and Other Drug Use on the Job""; ""Nature Versus Nurture in Alcohol and Other Drug Use on the Job""; ""Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Occupation and Context""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Epidemiological Evidence: The Dimensions of the Problem""; ""SURVEY AND DRUG-TESTING APPROACHES: STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS""; ""LARGE-SCALE SURVEYS""
""High School Senior Surveys""""Prevalence and Trends in Illicit Drug Use""; ""Alcohol and Cigarettes""; ""National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse""; ""Prevalence and Trends in Alcohol and Other Drug Use""; ""Demographic Correlates of Alcohol and Other Drug Use""; ""Alcohol and Other Drug Use by the Work Force""; ""Military Worldwide Surveys""; ""Trends in Alcohol and Other Drug Use""; ""Demographic Correlates of Alcohol and Other Drug Use""; ""Effects of Alcohol and Other Drug Use at Work""; ""Comparing Military and Civilian Alcohol and Other Drug Use""
""Is Heavy Illicit Drug Use Declining?""""Summary""; ""WORK SITE DRUG TESTING""; ""Background""; ""Findings""; ""Reasons for Testing""; ""Region and Type of Industry""; ""Time Trends""; ""Summary""; ""ORGANIZATION-SPECIFIC PREVALENCE STUDIES""; ""U.S. Postal Service""; ""Hospital Employees""; ""Municipal and Housing Authority Workers""; ""Naval Recruits""; ""Utility Employees""; ""Manufacturing""; ""Summary""; ""OTHER PREVALENCE STUDIES OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE IN THE WORKPLACE""; ""Summary""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""II Effects Of Use""
Notes ""4 Impact of Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Laboratory Studies""
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Subject Drugs and employment -- United States
Alcoholism and employment -- United States
Employee assistance programs -- United States
Alcoholism and employment
Drugs and employment
Employee assistance programs
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Normand, Jacques
Lempert, Richard O
ISBN 9780309596268
0309596262