AJPH
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 78, Issue 7 817-819, Copyright © 1988 by American Public Health Association

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Wells, V E
Right arrow Articles by Thun, M
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Wells, V E
Right arrow Articles by Thun, M
The estimated predictive value of screening for illicit drugs in the workplace.

V E Wells, W Halperin and M Thun

Industrywide Studies Branch, NIOSH, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998.

This paper estimates the predictive values of screening tests for six illicit drugs of common concern in the workplace (amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine, hallucinogens, marijuana, and opiates) using published information on test sensitivity and specificity and survey data on prevalence. Estimated predictive values (negative) were generally high, whereas the estimated predictive value of a positive test ranged from 1 per cent for amphetamines to 100 per cent for hallucinogens and was only 38 per cent for marijuana, the most prevalent drug.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1988 by the American Public Health Association