Use of a motorized wheelchair in conjunction with a guide dog for the legally blind and physically disabled

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-217

  Greenbaum, Mark G ^a   Fernandes, Sylvia ^a   Wainapel, Stanley F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; DOG; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0031882407     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90302-1     Document Type: Article

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