Barriers to employment: A survey of employed persons who are visually impaired

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 341-350

  Crudden, Adele ^a   McBroom, Lynn W ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0033023537     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9909300602     Document Type: Article

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