Looking under the street lamp: Inappropriate uses of measures just because they are there

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-90

  Kirchner, Corinne ^a  

^a American Foundation for the Blind   (Thailand)

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EID: 0002896418     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: 15384802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104420739600700104     Document Type: Article

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