Sports Medicine and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 190-195

  Nichols, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Americans with Disabilities Act; Federal Rehabilitation Act; Physically impaired athletes; Sports participation eligibility

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029973779     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199607000-00009     Document Type: Review

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