Labour force participation and employment among a sample of Australian patients with a spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 238-244

  Murphy, G ^a   Brown, D ^b   Athanasou, J ^c   Foreman, P ^a   Young, A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employment; Rehabilitation vocational; Spinal cord injury; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 0030889423     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100383     Document Type: Article

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