Career advancement for young women with visual impairments

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 280-295

  Hutto, M D ^a   Hare, D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLEGE; COUNSELING; DISABILITY; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 0030972860     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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