Employment Discrimination Laws for Disability: Utilization and Outcome

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 549, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-70

  Mudrick, Nancy R ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031541321     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716297549001005     Document Type: Article

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