For the domestic, rather than instrument, uses that B Bb specifies a carpenter would just drill and glue in a dowel. If strength was of utmost importance, the carpenter would drill the dowel hole at right-angles to the screw. I've used that method making commercial workbenches of particle-board and MDF, neither of which like screws in the 'endgrain.'
Particleboard = chipboard? Sawdust glued into sheets?