Employment barriers for people with visual impairments

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 627-642

  O'Day, Bonnie ^a  

^a National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB FINDING; MALE; POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0032881721     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9909301002     Document Type: Article

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