Employer attitudes toward workers with disabilities and their ADA employment rights: A literature review

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 4-16

  Hernandez, Brigida ^a   Keys, Christopher ^a   Balcazar, Fabricio ^a  

^a Dept of Disability and Hum Devmt ^*

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EID: 0009795240     PISSN: 00224154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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